Effecting the culture: Impact of changing urinalysis with reflex culture criteria on culture rates and outcomes
Background: Urinalysis and urine culture are frequently ordered diagnostic tests among hospitalized patients, often for nonspecific symptoms. Diagnostic testing stewardship with urinalysis with reflex culture (UARC) is a practice shown to reduce institutional culture rates by selecting patients who...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2022-07-01
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Series: | Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology |
Online Access: | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2732494X22000791/type/journal_article |