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1507. Evaluating the Effects of a “Urinalysis to Reflex Culture” Process Change in the Emergency Department (ED) at a Veterans Affairs (VA) Hospital
BACKGROUND: The ED environment makes proactive collection of urine cultures (UCs) favorable. However, unnecessary UCs can result in over-detection and over-treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB). A previous analysis at the study facility found that UCs were collected frequently despite negative...
Autores principales: | Ismail, Georgiana, Patel, Ursula C, Suda, Katie J |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6254084/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.1336 |
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