A Statewide Quality Initiative to Reduce Unnecessary Antibiotic Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria

M. Vaughn, Valerie; Gupta, Ashwin; A Petty, Lindsay; N. Malani, Anurag; Osterholzer, Danielle; K Patel, Payal; Younas, Mariam; J. Bernstein, Steven; Burdick, Stephanie; Ratz, David; E. Szymczak, Julia; McLaughlin, Elizabeth; Czilok, Tawny; Basu, Tanima; Horowitz, Jennifer; A. Flanders, Scott; Gandhi, Tejal

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.2749

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A Statewide Quality Initiative to Reduce Unnecessary Antibiotic Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria

Published in JAMA Internal Medicine • Jul 10, 2023

Authors:

Valerie M. Vaughn

Ashwin Gupta

Lindsay A Petty

Abstract

Importance: Hospitalized patients with asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) often receive unnecessary antibiotic treatment, which increases antibiotic resistance and adverse events. Objective: To determine whether diagnostic stewardship (avoiding unnecessary urine cultures) or antibiotic stewardship (redu...

Subject

Medicine

Antibiotics

Bacteriuria

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