The use of clinical decision support in reducing diagnosis of and treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria

Sara C. Keller; Leonard Feldman; Janessa Smith; Amit Pahwa; Sara E. Cosgrove; Natasha Chida

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The use of clinical decision support in reducing diagnosis of and treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria

Sara C. Keller, Leonard Feldman, Janessa Smith, Amit Pahwa, Sara E. Cosgrove, Natasha Chida

School of Medicine

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Clinical decision support (CDS) embedded within the electronic health record (EHR) is a potential antibiotic stewardship strategy for hospitalized patients. Reduction in urine testing and treating asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) is an important strategy to promote antibiotic stewardship. We created an intervention focused on reducing urine testing for asymptomatic patients at a large tertiary care center. The objective of this study was to design an intervention to reduce unnecessary urinalysis and urine culture (UC) orders as well as the treatment of ASB. We performed a quasiexperimental study among adult inpatients at a single academic institution. We implemented a bundled intervention, including information broadcast in newsletters, hospitalwide screensavers, and passive CDS messages in the EHR. We investigated the impact of this strategy on urinalysis, UC orders, and on the treatment of ASB by using an interrupted time series analysis. Our intervention led to reduced UC order as well as reduced antibiotic orders in response to urinalysis orders and UC results. This easily implementable bundle may play an important role as an antibiotic stewardship strategy.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	392-395
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Hospital Medicine
Volume	13
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.12788/jhm.2892
State	Published - Jun 2018

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Leadership and Management
Internal Medicine
Fundamentals and skills
Health Policy
Care Planning
Assessment and Diagnosis

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