Navigating reflex urine culture practices in community hospitals: Need for a validated approach.
Asymptomatic bacteriuria
Diagnostic stewardship
Laboratory stewardship
Stewardship of culturing
Journal
American journal of infection control
ISSN: 1527-3296
Titre abrégé: Am J Infect Control
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8004854
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
12 2020
12 2020
Historique:
received:
03
06
2020
accepted:
29
06
2020
pubmed:
8
7
2020
medline:
25
6
2021
entrez:
8
7
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
We performed a descriptive study of reflex urine culture (RUC) practices across 51 community hospitals in southeastern United States. We found that 26 unique reflexing criteria were used in 28 hospitals. Only 14% hospitals of hospitals that offered RUC restricted it to specific populations (eg, emergency room). Our data suggest that the current RUC approach in community hospitals warrants further validation of urinalysis criteria and identification of specific populations in which RUC performs best.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32634538
pii: S0196-6553(20)30641-6
doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2020.06.218
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1549-1551Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2020 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.