Long-Term Care Survey Alert
What Do You Think?
Published on Sat Aug 27, 2005 
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Does cranberry juice or cran- berry gel caps reduce UTI? Giving the resident these remedies is OK to do, but the evidence isn't clear about whether cranberry helps reduce urinary tract infection.
Source: James Marx, RN, CIC
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