Meeting
Abstract Number: 81
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Overuse of urine testing may result in downstream events that impact antibiotic use and hospital length of stay (LOS). The aims of this study were to examine the impact of inpatient urine culture testing on inpatient antibiotic use and hospital length of stay using a national administrative dataset. Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort […]
Abstract Number: 406
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Urine culture testing should primarily be reserved for patients with clinical symptoms or other limited indications. Unfortunately, many admitted patients undergo unnecessary urine culture testing, leading to overdiagnosis and overtreatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB). Unnecessary antibiotic treatment for ASB does not improve outcomes and exposes patients to side effects. The negative implications may include […]