Conditional reflex to urine culture: Evaluation of a diagnostic stewardship intervention within the Veterans' Affairs and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Practice-Based Research Network.

Kimberly C ClaeysMin ZhanLisa PinelesAlison LydeckerGosia CloreMichihiko GotoSurbhi LeekhaDarren LinkinCharlesnika T EvansBarbara W TrautnerMatthew B GoetzJonathan D BaghdadiEli N PerencevichDaniel J Morgan

Published in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2020)

Conditional urine reflex culture policies were associated with a decrease in urine culturing without a change in the incidence of gram-negative bloodstream infection.

Keyphrases

gram negative
multidrug resistant
randomized controlled trial
public health
healthcare
primary care
risk factors
escherichia coli
acute care