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1158. Discontinuation of Urine Cultures by Infection Preventionists in Hospitalized Patients with Indwelling Urinary Catheters: Is It Safe?

BACKGROUND: A majority of healthcare-associated urinary tract infections (UTIs) are caused by the use of urinary catheters (CAUTI). Finding of bacteriuria is common in catheterized patients and often leads to unnecessary antibiotic treatment, increased length of stay and additional healthcare costs....

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Publicat a:Open Forum Infect Dis
Autors principals: Faith Monsalud, Cherie, Lim, Rachel, Zelencik, Shane, Singh, Kamaljit
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicat: Oxford University Press 2019
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Accés en línia:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6808693/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.1021
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