A Controlled Quasi-Experimental Study of an Educational Intervention to Reduce the Unnecessary Use of Antimicrobials For Asymptomatic Bacteriuria.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ABU) should only be treated in cases of pregnancy or in-patients undergoing urologic procedures; however, unnecessary treatment of ABU is common in clinical practice.

Objective

To identify risk factors for unnecessary treatment and to assess the impact of an educational intervention focused on these risk factors on treatment of ABU.

Design

Quasi-experimental study with a control group.

Setting

Two tertiary teaching adult care hospitals.

Participants

Consecutive patients with positive urine cultures between January 30th and April 17th, 2012 (baseline) and January 30th and April 30th, 2013 (intervention).

Intervention

In January 2013, a multifaceted educational intervention based on risk factors identified during

SUBMITTER: Irfan N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4504667 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature