A Diagnostic Stewardship Success: Implementing a Urine Culture Reflex Policy in the Emergency Department of a Large Safety-Net Hospital
Implementation of a reflex UC protocol in the ED of a large safety-net hospital resulted in a decrease of the number of cultures being processed, leading to substantial healthcare savings, which is particularly important in a resource-limited setting. While the implementation of the protocol resulted in cost savings due to diagnostic stewardship, the impact of such a protocol on antibiotic stewardship requires further study.
Authors
- Jackie Nguyen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2937-1342)
- Mary Dang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6511-635X)
- Kristi Morgan
- Rosalind Ma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0278-4721)
- Bonnie C Prokesch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2188-9780)
- Shelley Hall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5989-2934)
- Emily Wong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6459-7665)
- Joslyn Strebe
Institutions
- Parkland Health & Hospital System (US)
- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-04-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaf228
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Urinary Tract Infections Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.71