Purple urine bag syndrome is a rare but benign condition affecting catheterised long-term care residents, caused by bacterial pigment production in alkaline urine rather than true infection. Proper recognition prevents unnecessary antibiotics and supports antimicrobial stewardship. — "File:Purple urine bag syndrome.jpg" by Ickle is marked with CC0 1.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en. (CC0 1.0 (Public Domain))
MD, MPH, PhD. Editor-in-Chief, Georgian Medical Journal (GMJ). Professor and Head, School of Public Health, David Tvildiani Medical University (DTMU), Tbilisi, Georgia. Chair, Public Health Institute of Georgia (PHIG). President, Accréditation Sans Frontières (ASF), Paris. Secretary/Treasurer, UEMS Section of Public Health. WHO Consultant, Health and Migration, Geneva. Former Member, UN Secretary-General's Independent Accountability Panel for Every Woman, Every Child, Every Adolescent (IAP-EWEC, 2016–2021). ORCID: 0000-0001-7609-4515.
