title: Optimizing Inpatient Urine Culture Ordering Practices Using the Electronic Medical Record: A Pilot Study.
abstract: A prospective quasi-experimental before-and-after study of an electronic medical record-anchored intervention of embedded education on appropriate urine culture indications and indication selection reduced the number of urine cultures ordered for catheterized patients at an academic medical center. This intervention could be a component of CAUTI-reduction bundles. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017;38:486-488.
authors.affiliation: 1Division of Infectious Disease,Department of Medicine,University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health,Madison,Wisconsin.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shirley
authors.affiliation: 1Division of Infectious Disease,Department of Medicine,University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health,Madison,Wisconsin.
authors.forename: Harry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Scholtz
authors.affiliation: 2UW Health,Madison,Wisconsin.
authors.forename: Kurt
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Osterby
authors.affiliation: 3Institute for Clinical and Translational Research,University of Wisconsin,Madison,Wisconsin.
authors.forename: Jackson
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Musuuza
authors.affiliation: 1Division of Infectious Disease,Department of Medicine,University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health,Madison,Wisconsin.
authors.forename: Barry
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fox
authors.affiliation: 1Division of Infectious Disease,Department of Medicine,University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health,Madison,Wisconsin.
authors.forename: Nasia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Safdar
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D001437:Bacteriuria / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000652:urine; D064790:Clinical Laboratory Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D057286:Electronic Health Records; D006801:Humans; D065186:Interrupted Time Series Analysis; D010865:Pilot Projects; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000639:trends*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000592:standards; D062885:Urinary Catheters; D014556:Urine / Q000382:microbiology