1437. Safety and Effectiveness of a Laboratory Intervention to Reduce Antibiotic Consumption in Patients with Asymptomatic Bacteriuria

BACKGROUND: Antibiotic (AB) therapy for asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) persists despite evidence of lack of benefit. In 2012, our hospital piloted an intervention to stop routinely reporting positive midstream urine (MSU) from inpatients since the majority of patients were asymptomatic. Following th...

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Autores principales: Mozafarihashjin, Mohammad, Maze Dit Mieusement, Lorraine, McGeer, Allison, McCreight, Liz, Van Horne, Liz, So, Jannice, Shrivastava, Ananya, Khan, Nadeem, Wong, Louis, Leis, Jerome A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6810406/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.1301

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