Overtreatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria: identifying targets for improvement

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology : the Official Journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America
Sarah HartleyScott A Flanders

Abstract

Treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria contributes to antimicrobial overuse in hospitalized patients. Indications for urine culture, treatment, and targets for improvement were evaluated in 153 patients. Drivers of antimicrobial overuse included fever with an alternative source, altered mental status, and leukocytosis, which led 435 excess days of antimicrobial therapy.

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