The Safety and Impact of Raising the Urine Culture Reporting Threshold in Hospitalized Patients

Objective: To assess the impact of changing the reporting threshold policy of positive urine cultures in hospitalized non-pregnant adults from 10(4) CFU/mL to 10(5) CFU/mL on the unwarranted use of antibiotics and patient safety. Setting: A 1100-bed tertiary-care hospital in southern Israel. Methods...

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Autores principales: Gabay, Ohad, Cherki, Tal, Tsaban, Gal, Bichovsky, Yoav, Nesher, Lior
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9740109/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36498590
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11237014

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9740109/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36498590
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11237014

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