Changing the culture of urine culturing: Utilizing Agile Implementation to improve diagnostic stewardship in the ICU.
Am J Infect Control
; 48(11): 1375-1380, 2020 11.
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| ID: mdl-33097138
ABSTRACT
Over diagnosis of catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) contributes to unnecessary and excessive antibiotic use, selection for resistant organisms, increased risk for Clostridiodes difficile infections, as well as a false elevation in CAUTI rates. Utilizing agile implementation to implement a urine culture algorithm achieved statistically significant reduction in CAUTI rates in a critical care unit resulting in sustainment and spread throughout the system.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Infecções Urinárias
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Infecções Relacionadas a Cateter
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Infect Control
Ano de publicação:
2020
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Article