By Ethan Covey
Implementation of a urine culture reflex policy, a program designed to reduce the number of unnecessary urine cultures, can lead to cost savings and reduction in antibiotic prescribing, even among more challenging cases, according to study data presented at the 2022 ASM Microbe conference in Washington, D.C. (ePoster AAR393).
The study focused on patients with urinary tract infections (UTIs) who were being treated in the inpatient rehabilitation unit at Parkland Hospital, in