Evaluation of a novel intervention to reduce unnecessary urine cultures in intensive care units at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Maryland, 2011-2014

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 606-609

  Epstein, Lauren ^a,b   Edwards, Jonathan R ^a   Halpin, Alison Laufer ^a   Preas, Michael Anne ^c   Blythe, David ^d   Harris, Anthony D ^e   Hunt, David ^c   Johnson, J Kristie ^e   Filippell, Mala ^c   Gould, Carolyn V ^a   Leekha, Surbhi ^e  

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

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MARYLAND; PYURIA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; URINALYSIS; URINARY CATHETER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; INFECTION CONTROL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TRENDS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MARYLAND; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84964200363     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2016.9     Document Type: Article

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