1108. Impact of Implementing a Urine Culture Order Set on Antibiotic Utilization and Rates of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in an Urban Academic Medical Center

BACKGROUND: Overutilization of urine cultures may lead to inappropriate use of antibiotics. We implemented a computerized urine culture order set where urine specimens are not processed for culture unless there is evidence of pyuria (≥10 WBC per high power field) on urinalysis (UA), or if a patient...

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Autores principales: Alnafoosi, Zainab, Doan Huynh, Chi, Al-Sadawi, Mohammed, Moy, Stanley, Otto, Caitlin, Augenbraun, Michael, Nakeshbandi, Mohamed
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/PMC6810990/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.972

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