Effect of a urine culture stewardship initiative on urine culture utilization and catheter-associated urinary tract infections in intensive care units

• Published in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology Vol. 43; no. 8; pp. 1032 - 1035
• Main Authors: Al-Bizri, Layla A., Vahia, Amit T., Rizvi, Khulood, Bardossy, Ana C., Robinson, Paula K., Shelters, Ryan T., Klotz, Susan, Starr, Patricia M., Reyes, Katherine Q., Suleyman, Geehan, Alangaden, George J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.08.2022
• Subjects: Bladder; Catheters; Correlation coefficient; Critical care; Disease control; Education; Hospitals; Intensive care; Medical instruments; Original Article; Patients; Prevention; Regression analysis; Sepsis; Teaching hospitals; Urinalysis; Urinary tract diseases; Urinary tract infections; Urine; Urogenital system

Objective:Urine cultures have poor specificity for catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs). We evaluated the effect of a urine-culture stewardship program on urine culture utilization and CAUTI in adult intensive care units (ICUs).Design:A quasi-interventional study was performed from...