Optimizing Inpatient Urine Culture Ordering Practices Using the Electronic Medical Record: A Pilot Study

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2017 Apr;38(4):486-488. doi: 10.1017/ice.2016.301. Epub 2016 Dec 27.

Abstract

A prospective quasi-experimental before-and-after study of an electronic medical record-anchored intervention of embedded education on appropriate urine culture indications and indication selection reduced the number of urine cultures ordered for catheterized patients at an academic medical center. This intervention could be a component of CAUTI-reduction bundles. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017;38:486-488.

MeSH terms

  • Academic Medical Centers
  • Bacteriuria / diagnosis*
  • Bacteriuria / urine
  • Clinical Laboratory Services / statistics & numerical data*
  • Electronic Health Records*
  • Humans
  • Interrupted Time Series Analysis
  • Pilot Projects
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians' / trends*
  • Prospective Studies
  • Specimen Handling / standards
  • Urinary Catheters
  • Urine / microbiology