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Sarah Hartley1, Staci Valley, Latoya Kuhn, Laraine L Washer, Tejal Gandhi, Jennifer Meddings, Carol Chenoweth, Anurag N Malani, Sanjay Saint, Arjun Srinivasan, Scott A Flanders.
Abstract
Urine cultures are frequently obtained for hospitalized patients. We reviewed documented indications for culture and compared these with professional society guidelines. Lack of documentation and important clinical scenarios (before orthopedic procedures and when the patient has altered mental status without a urinary catheter) are highlighted as areas of use outside of current guidelines.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 24113606 PMCID: PMC3801230 DOI: 10.1086/673449
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol ISSN: 0899-823X Impact factor: 3.254