Author:
Shirley Daniel,Scholtz Harry,Osterby Kurt,Musuuza Jackson,Fox Barry,Safdar Nasia
Abstract
A prospective quasi-experimental before-and-after study of an electronic medical record–anchored intervention of embedded education on appropriate urine culture indications and indication selection reduced the number of urine cultures ordered for catheterized patients at an academic medical center. This intervention could be a component of CAUTI-reduction bundles.Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017;38:486–488
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Microbiology (medical),Epidemiology
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