| Autor: |
Farhana Chowdhury, Kumkum Sarkar, Angela Branche, Juliette Kim, Philip Dwek, Angelica Nangit, David Tompkins, Ernest Visconti |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2012 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, Vol 2, Iss 2, Pp 1-6 (2012) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2000-9666 |
| DOI: |
10.3402/jchimp.v2i2.17814 |
| Popis: |
The goal of this study was to assess the overtreatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) in hospitalized patients, calculate the total costs of inappropriate treatment, and determine if a multi-faceted educational intervention was effective in reducing the overtreatment of ASB in a resource-limited community hospital. The study encompassed three phases: a retrospective pre-intervention assessment of the baseline cost and treatment of ASB, the implementation of a multi-faceted educational intervention, and a prospective post-intervention assessment of the efficacy of the intervention. A positive urine culture was defined by bacterial counts ≥105 cfu/mL. In the pre-intervention group, 64 (83%) of 109 patients were asymptomatic: 30 (47%) were treated. In the post-intervention group, 13 (17%) of 55 patients were asymptomatic: 2 (15%) were treated, (p=0.04). Fewer urine cultures were collected during the post-intervention period than the pre-intervention period (3,127 and 3,419, respectively) (p |
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