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Area of Science:

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Clinical Informatics
  • Urology

Background:

  • Urine cultures from catheterized patients often yield false-positive results due to colonization.
  • Optimizing urine culture utilization is crucial for appropriate antibiotic stewardship.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the impact of a clinical decision support (CDS) tool on urine culture test utilization and patient outcomes.
  • To assess if the CDS tool, incorporating catheter information, improves diagnostic accuracy and reduces unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions.

Main Methods:

  • A before-and-after intervention study was conducted across three hospitals.
  • A CDS tool was integrated into electronic health record order entry for urine cultures.
  • Interrupted time-series analysis with Poisson regression evaluated changes in test utilization, antibiotic use, and CAUTI rates post-implementation.

Main Results:

  • The CDS tool significantly decreased urine culture orders (1.4% per month) and antibiotic use for UTI indications (2.3% per month).
  • No significant reduction in catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) rates was observed.
  • Clinicians utilized the catheter removal recommendation in 8.5% of cases, with no increase in safety events.

Conclusions:

  • Clinical decision support tools can optimize urine culture collection practices.
  • These tools serve as effective reminders for timely removal or exchange of indwelling urinary catheters.
  • Further strategies may be needed to directly impact CAUTI rates despite improved culture stewardship.