Downstream impact of urine cultures ordered without indication at two acute care teaching hospitals

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2013 Oct;34(10):1113-4. doi: 10.1086/673151. Epub 2013 Aug 29.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Bacteriuria / drug therapy*
  • Bacteriuria / microbiology
  • Hospitals, Teaching / statistics & numerical data
  • Humans
  • Inappropriate Prescribing / statistics & numerical data*
  • Medical Audit
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians' / statistics & numerical data
  • Prospective Studies
  • Urinalysis / statistics & numerical data*
  • Urinary Catheterization / statistics & numerical data
  • Urine / microbiology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents