Elimination of Screening Urine Cultures Prior to Elective Joint Arthroplasty

Lamb, MJ; Baillie, L; Pajak, D; Flynn, J; Bansal, V; Simor, A; Vearncombe, M; Walker, SA; Clarke, S; Gollish, J; Leis, JA

doi:10.1093/cid/ciw848

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Elimination of Screening Urine Cultures Prior to Elective Joint Arthroplasty

Authors/contributors

Lamb, MJ (Author)
Baillie, L (Author)
Pajak, D (Author)

Flynn, J (Author)
Bansal, V (Author)
Simor, A (Author)
Vearncombe, M (Author)
Walker, SA (Author)
Clarke, S (Author)
Gollish, J (Author)
Leis, JA (Author)

Abstract

Discontinuing routine processing of screening urine cultures prior to elective joint arthroplasty resulted in substantial reduction in urine cultures ordered and antimicrobial prescriptions for asymptomatic bacteriuria, without any significant impact on incidence of prosthetic joint infection. This simple change would be scalable across institutions with potential for significant healthcare savings.

Publication

Clin Infect Dis

Date

2017-03-15

DOI

10.1093/cid/ciw848

URL

https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/64/6/806/2733103

Citation

1.

Lamb M, Baillie L, Pajak D, et al. Elimination of Screening Urine Cultures Prior to Elective Joint Arthroplasty. Clin Infect Dis. 2017;64(6):806-809.

Section

Periprosthetic Joint Infections

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