Impact of diagnostic stewardship on catheter-associated urinary tract infections and patient outcomes
A diagnostic stewardship intervention was associated with an approximately 50% decrease in urine culture testing for inpatients with a urinary catheter. However, the overall CAUTI rate did not decrease significantly. Adverse outcomes were rare and minor among patients who had a urine culture averted. Diagnostic stewardship may be safe and effective as part of a multimodal program to reduce unnecessary urine cultures among patients with indwelling urinary catheters.
Authors
- Sarah E. Sansom (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1924-8941)
- Alexander Tomich
- Michael Schoeny (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3066-708X)
- John Segreti
- Alexandra Seguin
- Ruth Kniuksta
- Mary K. Hayden (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4603-8501)
- Brian Stein
- Audrey Goldstein
- Michael Y. Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2992-6221)
Institutions
- Rush University Medical Center (US)
- Rush University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
- Published
- 2024-12-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2024.209
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Urinary Tract Infections Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.77