Diagnostic stewardship cutoffs for urinalysis results prior to performing a urine culture: analysis of data from a healthcare system
WBC on microscopic urinalysis demonstrated the highest diagnostic accuracy for predicting uropathogens in urine cultures. Stewardship programs should consider prioritizing urinalysis WBC count as the screening tool to optimize urine culture utilization.
Authors
- Deborah Kupferwasser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1444-7340)
- Loren Gregory Miller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0487-1711)
- Amy Kang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3619-8904)
- Michael Bolaris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7787-9928)
- Holly Huse (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7586-445X)
- Liz Chen
Institutions
- Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (US)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Chapman University (US)
- UCLA Medical Center (US)
- Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center (US)
- Harbor–UCLA Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
- Published
- 2025-09-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2025.10265
- Primary Topic
- Urinary Tract Infections Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00