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Screening Patients Undergoing Total Hip or Knee Arthroplasty with Perioperative Urinalysis and the Effect of a Practice Change on Antimicrobial Use

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2016

Samuel Bailin ,
Nicolas Noiseux ,
Jean M. Pottinger ,
Birgir Johannsson ,
Ambar Haleem ,
Sarah Johnson  and
Loreen A. Herwaldt
Samuel Bailin
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
Nicolas Noiseux
Affiliation:
Department of Orthopaedics, The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
Jean M. Pottinger
Affiliation:
Program of Hospital Epidemiology, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa
Birgir Johannsson
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
Ambar Haleem
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
Sarah Johnson
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmaceutical Care; The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa
Loreen A. Herwaldt*
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa Program of Hospital Epidemiology, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa Department of Epidemiology, The University of Iowa College of Public Health, Iowa City, Iowa
*
Address correspondence to Loreen A. Herwaldt, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1081 ([email protected]).
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE

To identify predictors of treatment for urinary tract infections (UTI) among patients undergoing total hip (THA) or knee (TKA) arthroplasties and to assess an intervention based on these predictors.

DESIGN

We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 200 consecutive patients undergoing THA/TKA between February 21, 2011, and June 30, 2011, to identify predictors of treatment for UTI and a prospective cohort study of 50 patients undergoing these procedures between May 21, 2012, and July 17, 2012, to assess the association of signs or symptoms and UTI treatment. We then conducted a before-and-after study to assess whether implementing an intervention affected the frequency of treatment for UTI before or after THA/TKA.

SETTING

The orthopedics department of a university health center.

PATIENTS

Patients undergoing THA or TKA.

INTERVENTION

Surgeons revised their UTI screening and treatment practices.

RESULTS

Positive leukocyte esterase (P<.0001; P<.0001) and urine white blood cell count>5 (P=.01; P=.01) were associated with preoperative or postoperative UTI treatment. In the prospective study, 12 patients (24%) had signs and symptoms consistent with UTI. The number of patients treated for presumed UTI decreased 80.2% after the surgeons changed their practices, and surgical site infection (SSI) rates, including prosthetic joint infections (PJIs), did not increase.

CONCLUSIONS

Urine leukocyte esterase and white blood cell count were the strongest predictors of treatment for UTI before or after THA/TKA. The intervention was associated with a significant decrease in treatment for UTI, and SSI/PJI rates did not increase.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017;38:281–286

Type
Original Articles
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 38 , Issue 3 , March 2017 , pp. 281 - 286
Copyright
© 2016 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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