Behavioral strategies in diagnostic stewardship

SD Advani, K Claeys - Infectious Disease Clinics, 2023 - id.theclinics.com
Diagnostic stewardship refers to the practice of optimizing the selection, utilization, and
interpretation of diagnostic tests to improve patient outcomes and reduce unnecessary …

When antimicrobial stewardship begins with microbiological test requests: The case of asymptomatic bacteriuria

H Imlay, A Thorpe, VM Vaughn - Current Opinion in Infectious …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Diagnostic stewardship can decrease unnecessary antibiotics and inappropriate diagnosis
of UTI with multifaceted interventions most likely to be effective. Remaining questions …

Choosing wisely initiative for reducing urine cultures for asymptomatic bacteriuria and catheter-associated asymptomatic bacteriuria in an 11-hospital safety net …

M Krouss, D Alaiev, DW Shin, J Talledo… - American Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) is common. Overtreatment of ASB
leads to harm, including adverse effects from antibiotics, antibiotic resistance, and increased …

Modified reporting of positive urine cultures to reduce treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria in long-term care facilities: a randomized controlled trial

Z Rehan, C Pratt, K Babb, B Filier… - JAC-Antimicrobial …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Objectives We conducted a prospective, randomized, unblinded superiority trial of the safety
and efficacy of modified reporting of positive urine cultures to improve the appropriateness of …

Improving Antibiotic Use for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Through Diagnostic Stewardship: A Proof-of-Concept Mixed Methods Study

RK Tripathi, B Kenaa, KC Claeys… - Open Forum …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background Overtreatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in the intensive care
unit is driven by positive respiratory tract cultures in the absence of a clinical picture of …

Pacientes con enfermedad injerto contra huéspede infecciones asociadas al rechazo de trasplante

SM Jaramillo - Ciencia y Salud, 2023 - dialnet.unirioja.es
Introducción: durante muchos años las células madre hematopoyéticas han sido el
tratamiento para muchos trastornos hematológicos, pero su eficacia está limitada por la …

[HTML][HTML] PACIENTES CON ENFERMEDAD INJERTO CONTRA HUÉSPED E INFECCIONES ASOCIADAS AL RECHAZO DE TRASPLANTE Patients with graft-versus …

SM Jaramillo - revistas.intec.edu.do
Introducción: durante muchos años las células madre hematopoyéticas han sido el
tratamiento para muchos trastornos hematológicos, pero su eficacia está limitada por la …

[PDF][PDF] Impact of SARS-CoV-2 on HAIs and Recommendations to Prevent HAIs

VD Rosenthal, D Kothari, G Bearman, Z Memish - isid.org
The SARS-CoV2 predominantly replicates in the upper and lower respiratory tracts in
contrast to MERS-CoV which replicates predominantly in the lower respiratory tract and is …

[HTML][HTML] PROPUESTA: REDUCIR UROCULTIVOS en BACTERIURIA ASINTOMATICA

M Krouss, D Alaiev, HC Da Wi Shin - labdeurgencias.com.ar
Laboratorio de Urgencias | Editoriales LABORATORIO DE URGENCIAS Información que
propende a mejorar la performance en LABORATORIOS CLÍNICOS DE URGENCIAS …