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Using implementation science to develop and implement a guideline to reduce unnecessary preoperative testing for asymptomatic bacteriuria prior to elective arthroplasty

Introduction: Guidelines and consensus statements do not support routine preoperative testing for asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) prior to elective arthroplasty. Despite this, urine testing remains commonplace in orthopaedic practice. This mixed methods stepwise quality improvement project aimed to d...

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Autores principales: Partridge, Judith S. L., Daly, Madeleine, Hemsley, Carolyn, Shah, Zameer, Sathanandan, Krishanthi, Mainwaring, Cathryn, Dhesi, Jugdeep K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Copernicus GmbH 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7852403/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33552879
http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/jbji-6-57-2020