Inappropriate testing for urinary tract infection in hospitalized patients: An opportunity for improvement

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1204-1207

  Hartley, Sarah ^a   Valley, Staci ^a   Kuhn, Latoya ^b   Washer, Laraine L ^a,c   Gandhi, Tejal ^a   Meddings, Jennifer ^a   Chenoweth, Carol ^a   Malani, Anurag N ^d   Saint, Sanjay ^a,b   Srinivasan, Arjun ^e   Flanders, Scott A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b St Joseph Mercy Hospital ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d ST JOSEPH MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DYSURIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATURIA; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MENTAL HEALTH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RIGOR; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY URGENCY; URINE CULTURE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885448278     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/673449     Document Type: Article

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