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Evaluation of a Novel Intervention to Reduce Unnecessary Urine Cultures in Intensive Care Units at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Maryland, 2011–2014

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 February 2016

Lauren Epstein ,
Jonathan R. Edwards ,
Alison Laufer Halpin ,
Michael Anne Preas ,
David Blythe ,
Anthony D. Harris ,
David Hunt ,
J. Kristie Johnson ,
Mala Filippell  and
Carolyn V. Gould
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Lauren Epstein*
Affiliation:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia Epidemic Intelligence Service, Division of Scientific Education and Professional Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Jonathan R. Edwards
Affiliation:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Alison Laufer Halpin
Affiliation:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Michael Anne Preas
Affiliation:
University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland
David Blythe
Affiliation:
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Baltimore, Maryland
Anthony D. Harris
Affiliation:
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
David Hunt
Affiliation:
University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland
J. Kristie Johnson
Affiliation:
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
Mala Filippell
Affiliation:
University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland
Carolyn V. Gould
Affiliation:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Surbhi Leekha
Affiliation:
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
*
Address correspondence to Lauren Epstein, MD, MSc, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd, Mailstop A-24, Atlanta, GA 30333 ([email protected]).
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Abstract

We assessed the impact of a reflex urine culture protocol, an intervention aimed to reduce unnecessary urine culturing, in intensive care units at a tertiary care hospital. Significant decreases in urine culturing rates and reported rates of catheter-associated urinary tract infection followed implementation of the protocol.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2016;37:606–609

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Concise Communications
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 37 , Issue 5 , May 2016 , pp. 606 - 609
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© 2016 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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Footnotes

Presented in part: IDWeek 2014; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; October 10, 2014 (Abstract 1231).

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