Preventing the inappropriate treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria at a community teaching hospital

The goal of this study was to assess the overtreatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) in hospitalized patients, calculate the total costs of inappropriate treatment, and determine if a multi-faceted educational intervention was effective in reducing the overtreatment of ASB in a resource-limited...

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Main Authors: Farhana Chowdhury, Kumkum Sarkar, Angela Branche, Juliette Kim, Philip Dwek, Angelica Nangit, David Tompkins, Ernest Visconti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2012-07-01
Series:Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives
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Online Access:http://www.jchimp.net/index.php/jchimp/article/view/17814/pdf_1