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Modified Reporting of Positive Urine Cultures Collected From Indwelling Catheters, a Randomized Controlled Trial
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Modified laboratory report for Urinary Tract Infections. Completed, enrolled 100 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
Positive urine cultures collected from indwelling catheters from inpatients will be randomized to standard reporting or modified reporting. Physician antibiotic treatment decisions will be prospectively observed and determined to be appropriate or inappropriate. The hypothesis is that modified reporting will lead to an increase in the percentage of appropriate therapy without an increase in pyelonephritis or sepsis.
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Report from microbiology laboratory: "This POSITIVE urine culture collected from an indwelling catheter may represent asymptomatic bacteriuria or urinary tract infection. If urinary tract infection is suspected clinically, please call the microbiology laboratory for identification and susceptibility results."