165. Changing the Culture of Obtaining Urine Cultures; Diagnostic Stewardship Intervention Leading to Sustained Reduction in Inpatient CAUTI Rates 

BACKGROUND: Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) is common in patients with urinary catheters and unneeded urine cultures (UC) can lead to misidentification of CAUTI. We evaluated the long-term effectiveness of restricting UC utilization on the incidence of inpatient CAUTI and if the COVID pandemic influe...

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Autores principales: Torres, Cristina J, Lyden, Elizabeth, Schooneveld, Trevor C Van, Rupp, Mark E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10678354/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad500.238

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10678354/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad500.238

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