Investigating risk factors for urine culture contamination in outpatient clinics: A new avenue for diagnostic stewardship

• Main Authors: Patrick S. Whelan (Author), Alicia Nelson (Author), Christopher J. Kim (Author), Christian Tabib (Author), Glenn M. Preminger (Author), Nicholas A. Turner (Author), Michael Lipkin (Author), Sonali D. Advani (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Cambridge University Press, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Mixed flora in urine cultures usually occur due to preanalytic contamination. In our outpatient urology clinic, we detected a high prevalence of mixed flora (46.2%), which was associated with female sex and older age. Patient education did not influence the rate of mixed flora. Future efforts should...