1437. Safety and Effectiveness of a Laboratory Intervention to Reduce Antibiotic Consumption in Patients with Asymptomatic Bacteriuria

BACKGROUND: Antibiotic (AB) therapy for asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) persists despite evidence of lack of benefit. In 2012, our hospital piloted an intervention to stop routinely reporting positive midstream urine (MSU) from inpatients since the majority of patients were asymptomatic. Following th...

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Publicado no:Open Forum Infect Dis
Main Authors: Mozafarihashjin, Mohammad, Maze Dit Mieusement, Lorraine, McGeer, Allison, McCreight, Liz, Van Horne, Liz, So, Jannice, Shrivastava, Ananya, Khan, Nadeem, Wong, Louis, Leis, Jerome A
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6810406/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.1301
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