Reduction of Patient Harm Through Decreasing Urine Culture Contamination in an Emergency Department Using Multiple Process Improvement Interventions
# Background From August 2018 to January 2019, the baseline urine sample contamination rate at an acute care hospital emergency department (ED) was 51%. Urine culture contamination is associated with unnecessary antibiotic use, repeat culture costs, and unnecessary inpatient admissions. These outco...
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| Language: | English |
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Patient Safety Authority
2023-03-01
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| Series: | Patient Safety |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.33940/med/2023.3.5 |
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