Effect of changing urine testing orderables and clinician order sets on inpatient urine culture testing: Analysis from a large academic medical center.
Satish MunigalaRebecca RojekHelen WoodMelanie L YarbroughRonald R JackupsCarey-Ann D BurnhamDavid K WarrenPublished in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2019)
Our intervention of changes to order sets and inclusion of the new urine culture reflex tests resulted in a 45% reduction in the urine cultures ordered. CPOE system format plays a vital role in reducing the burden of unnecessary urine cultures and should be implemented in combination with other efforts.
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