Assessment of a 2-Step Urine Culture Ordering Process for Detecting Asymptomatic Bacteruria Among Hospitalized Patients

Maureen T Taylor; Janine McCready; Thomas Havey; Sahejpreet Kaur; Jeff Powis

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.21665

Assessment of a 2-Step Urine Culture Ordering Process for Detecting Asymptomatic Bacteruria Among Hospitalized Patients

JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Feb 5;3(2):e1921665. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.21665.

Authors

Maureen T Taylor¹, Janine McCready¹, Thomas Havey², Sahejpreet Kaur³, Jeff Powis¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Michael Garron Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
² William Osler Health System, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.

Abstract

This quality improvement study evaluates the association of a 2-step urine culture ordering process with the number of urine cultures processed each month and the detection of asymptomatic bacteruria and candiduria among patients hospitalized in an acute care setting.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Bacteriuria / diagnosis*
Candida / growth & development
Female
Hospitalization*
Hospitals
Humans
Male
Medical Overuse / prevention & control*
Middle Aged
Practice Patterns, Physicians'*
Prescriptions
Risk Factors
Urinalysis
Young Adult