Antimicrobial stewardship to reduce overtreatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria in critical access hospitals: measuring a quality improvement intervention
The IQIC intervention, including learning labs, mentoring, and performance reports using the ID-UTI measure, was associated with a non-significant decrease in treatment of ASB, while control outcomes (duration and unjustified fluoroquinolone use) did not change.
Authors
- Hannah Hardin
- Jeannie D. Chan
- John B. Lynch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9018-8542)
- Claire Ciarkowski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7057-0728)
- Chloe Bryson‐Cahn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0246-4012)
- Zahra Kassamali Escobar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1916-0269)
- Hannah Imlay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3429-4655)
- Chaorong Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1569-0978)
- Andrea T. White (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7775-5696)
- Whitney Hartlage (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0011-031X)
- Natalia Martinez-Paz
- Emily S Spivak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4314-9644)
- Adam L. Hersh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0148-046X)
- Valerie M. Vaughn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4362-7842)
Institutions
- University of Washington (US)
- University of Utah (US)
- VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
- Published
- 2024-11-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2024.171
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Urinary Tract Infections Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.39
Funders
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality