Assessment of a 2-Step Urine Culture Ordering Process for Detecting Asymptomatic Bacteruria Among Hospitalized Patients.
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Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 32083684.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.21665 and PMC identifier 7043192.
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Abstract
This quality improvement study evaluates the association of a 2-step urine culture ordering process with the number of urine cultures processed each month and the detection of asymptomatic bacteruria and candiduria among patients hospitalized in an acute care setting.
Medical subject headings
- Bacteriuria
- Hospitalization
- Medical Overuse
- Practice Patterns, Physicians'