Factors associated with inappropriate urine culture orders in hospitalized patients with indwelling urinary catheters
Urine cultures ordered for patients with indwelling urinary catheters might lead to reporting of non-clinically significant catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) or asymptomatic bacteriuria to the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN). We examined factors associated with inapprop...
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| description | Urine cultures ordered for patients with indwelling urinary catheters might lead to reporting of non-clinically significant catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) or asymptomatic bacteriuria to the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN). We examined factors associated with inappropriate urine cultures orders leading to reporting of non-clinically significant CAUTIs to NHSN. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-fa31877c050f4431a53626eee3557d3c2025-01-16T21:51:23ZengCambridge University PressAntimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology2732-494X2025-01-01410.1017/ash.2024.466Factors associated with inappropriate urine culture orders in hospitalized patients with indwelling urinary cathetersRamez Azzam0https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6784-8129Nicole C. Nicolsen1Jacob W. Pierce2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8129-1097Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USAECU Health System, Greenville, NC, USABrody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA ECU Health System, Greenville, NC, USAUrine cultures ordered for patients with indwelling urinary catheters might lead to reporting of non-clinically significant catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) or asymptomatic bacteriuria to the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN). We examined factors associated with inappropriate urine cultures orders leading to reporting of non-clinically significant CAUTIs to NHSN.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2732494X24004662/type/journal_article |
| spellingShingle | Ramez Azzam Nicole C. Nicolsen Jacob W. Pierce Factors associated with inappropriate urine culture orders in hospitalized patients with indwelling urinary catheters Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology |
| title | Factors associated with inappropriate urine culture orders in hospitalized patients with indwelling urinary catheters |
| title_full | Factors associated with inappropriate urine culture orders in hospitalized patients with indwelling urinary catheters |
| title_fullStr | Factors associated with inappropriate urine culture orders in hospitalized patients with indwelling urinary catheters |
| title_full_unstemmed | Factors associated with inappropriate urine culture orders in hospitalized patients with indwelling urinary catheters |
| title_short | Factors associated with inappropriate urine culture orders in hospitalized patients with indwelling urinary catheters |
| title_sort | factors associated with inappropriate urine culture orders in hospitalized patients with indwelling urinary catheters |
| url | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2732494X24004662/type/journal_article |
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