Urine culture and urinalysis utilization practices in United States acute care hospitals between 2017 and 2020.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Inappropriate urine cultures (UCs) are common and lead to inappropriate antimicrobial use. Urinalyses (UAs) have been increasingly incorporated into diagnostic stewardship interventions, but the impact of these interventions nationally has not been assessed. We describe UA and UC utilization practices using a nationwide dataset of patients admitted to acute care hospitals.

Methods

Design, Setting and Participants: We performed a retrospective cohort study of index UCs and their associated UAs performed for adult patients (age ≥ 18 years) admitted in U.S. acute care hospitals, participating in the PINC AI™ Healthcare Database (PHD) from January 1, 2017, through December 31, 2020. A positive UA was defined as >10 leukocytes per high power field, positive leukocyte es

SUBMITTER: Asonganyi NL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12624373 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature