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Impact of Urine Culture Reflex Policy Implementation in a Large County Hospital Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit--A Pilot Study.
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American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation . Jun2024, Vol. 103 Issue 6, p525-531. 7p. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Objective: To promote antimicrobial stewardship, many institutions have implemented a policy of reflexing to a urine culture based on a positive urinalysis result. The rehabilitation patient population, including individuals with brain and spinal cord injuries, may have atypical presentations of urinary tract infections. The study objective is to determine the effects of implementing a urine culture reflex policy in this specific patient population. Design: In an inpatient rehabilitation unit, 348 urinalyses were analyzed from August 2019 to June 2021. Urinalysis with greater than or equal to 10 white blood cells per high power field was automatically reflexed to a urine culture in this prospective study. Primary outcome was return to acute care related to urinary tract infection. Secondary outcomes included adherence to reflex protocol, antibiotic utilization and appropriateness, adverse outcomes related to antibiotic use, and reduction in urine cultures processed and the associated reduction in healthcare costs. Results: There was no statistically significant difference before and after intervention related to the primary outcome. Urine cultures processed were reduced by 58% after intervention. Conclusions: Urine culture reflex policy is likely an effective intervention to reduce the frequency of urine cultures without significantly affecting the need to transfer patients from inpatient rehabilitation back to the acute care setting. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *URINARY tract infections
*ANTIBIOTICS
*HUMAN services programs
*PATIENTS
*PATIENT safety
*T-test (Statistics)
*HOSPITAL care
*IMMUNOCOMPROMISED patients
*PILOT projects
*ANTIMICROBIAL stewardship
*FISHER exact test
*CLOSTRIDIOIDES difficile
*EXANTHEMA
*EVALUATION of medical care
*URINARY catheters
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*CHI-squared test
*ACUTE kidney failure
*REHABILITATION centers
*LONGITUDINAL method
*URINALYSIS
*MEDICAL rehabilitation
*DATA analysis software
*CANDIDIASIS
*BLOOD diseases
*COMMUNICATION barriers
*MEDICAL care costs
*NAUSEA
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 08949115
- Volume :
- 103
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 177979034
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1097/PHM.0000000000002401