Comparison of patient hospital length of stay pre and post implementation of the CLINITEK AUWi System from Siemens to screen out negative urine samples intended for culture: A retrospective cohort study

Objective: To determine the impact of using the CLINITEK AUWi System to screen out negative urine samples intended for culture on patient length of stay and culture results at a community teaching hospital. Design and methods: We used a retrospective cohort design to compare length of stay for patie...

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Main Authors: Mario Gonzalez, Mary Ellen Dito, Dana Razzano, Finn D. Schubert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-08-01
Series:Practical Laboratory Medicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352551716300105