Impact of Reflex Algorithms on Urine Culture Utilization

Data from several studies support the notion that use of reflex criteria reduces urine culture utilization.

Sustained decrease in urine culture utilization after implementing a ...

4-6 We assessed the impact of the implementation of a UA with reflex to UC algorithm ("reflex intervention") on UC ordering practices, diagnostic efficiency ...

Evaluating the Impact of a Urinalysis to Reflex Culture Process ...

Automated urine cultures (UCs) following urinalysis (UA) are often used in emergency departments (EDs) to identify urinary tract infections (UTIs). The fast- ...

Urine Cultures Based on a Reflex Testing Algorithm Utilizing ...

Conclusions: Diagnostic opportunities can be missed with the use of the “reflex UA to urine culture” algorithm. Though clinical information ...

Urine test ordering—good and going for better - CAP TODAY

December 2022—Reflex urine culture algorithms have become common and have been shown to reduce urine culture utilization, but efforts to ...

Effecting the culture: Impact of changing urinalysis with reflex to ...

The study included 11,322 unique UARC tests. We detected a significant decrease in the rate of urine cultures performed from UARC after the ...

Point-Counterpoint: Reflex Cultures Reduce Laboratory Workload ...

There are lim- ited data on the impact of reflex culture ... diagnostic algorithm associated with potential UTI signs and symptoms and adopting utilization ...

In urinalysis, reflex algorithms and other efficiencies - CAP TODAY

Reflex testing can help laboratories with optimizing utilization, which can significantly impact turnaround times. If a laboratory is performing ...

PHARMACOECONOMIC IMPACT OF URINALYSIS CULTURE ...

PURPOSE: Use of a urinalysis (UA) culture screen and reflex algorithm has been employed by the clinical microbiology community, to minimize unnecessary ...

Effect of urine reflex culturing on rates of cultures and infections in ...

Urine reflex culturing has been shown to decrease the rate of urine cultures performed in adult intensive care units but the benefit in other settings is ...

Impact of Reflex Algorithms on Urine Culture Utilization - OA.mg

“Impact of Reflex Algorithms on Urine Culture Utilization” is a paper by Melanie L. Yarbrough published in 2018. It has an Open Access status of “closed”. You ...

PHARMACOECONOMIC IMPACT OF URINALYSIS CULTURE ...

CONCLUSIONS: The UA culture screen and reflex algorithm has positive economic impact, but may not decrease antibiotic use for UTI diagnoses. CLINICAL ...

Impact of a urinary tract infection diagnostic and treatment algorithm ...

A decrease in the number of urine cultures ordered is potentially based in the fact that our institution does not automatically reflex UAs to a ...

Evaluating the Impact of a Urinalysis to Reflex Culture Process ...

Conclusions: The UA to reflex culture process change resulted in a significant reduction in processing of inappropriate UCs and unnecessary antibiotic use for ...

Sustained decrease in urine culture utilization after implementing a ...

We assessed the impact of the implementation of a UA with reflex to UC algorithm (“reflex intervention”) on UC ordering practices ...

The Five Ds of Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship for Urinary Tract ...

Reflex urine culture testing is a diagnostic stewardship strategy that limits urine culture processing to those urine samples that meet ...

Impact of Urinalysis Reflex Criteria on Surveillance Catheter ...

This new approach targets appropriate orders for urine culture to reduce NHSN surveillance CAUTIs and unnecessary use of antimicrobials. Disclosures. All ...

Electronic Health Record–Assisted Reflex Urine Culture Testing ...

The study implemented a reflex urine culture order with EHR decision support. The primary outcome was the number of urine culture orders per 100 ...

DICON/DASON Toolkit for Assessing Urine Testing

DICON does not promote the indiscriminate use of reflex urine cultures (RUC), and cautions ... Impact of Changes in Urine Culture Ordering. Practice on ...

Development, Evaluation, and Multisite Deployment of a Machine ...

... Algorithm To Optimize Urinalysis Parameters for Predicting Urine Culture Positivity ... 3; the reflex algorithm included use of leukocyte ...