It Takes a Village: Leveraging a Multidisciplinary Team and Technology for Urine Culturing Stewardship

• Main Authors: Mandy Swann (Author), Amy Lucas (Author), Christian Ostrowski (Author), Carla Bapst (Author), Lauren Fargis (Author), Robin Strachman (Author), Kathleen Manchin (Author), Maribeth Greenway (Author), Jacob Gillen (Author), Anthony Baffoe-Bonnie (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Cambridge University Press, 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Patients without urinary tract infection (UTI) symptoms but with a positive urine culture are considered to have asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB). This often represents colonization and treatment is not recommended or clinically beneficial. Treatment of ASB can promote antimicrobial resist...