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10317816

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-2-3
pubmed:abstractText
A significant number of bacterial cultures are ordered by health care professionals each day, yet the actual utilization of culture results, either for determining specific diagnoses or for targeting antimicrobial therapy, is much lower than would be anticipated. A multifactorial study was conducted to determine the rate of "appropriate" usage of culture results in a community teaching hospital. The effect of several variables on culture utilization was analyzed, including: initiator of the request for culture (physician or nurse); hospital service requesting the culture; and culture site. Utilization of results differed considerably within all three variables, yet the general conclusion could be drawn that cost-effectiveness would be significantly improved if hospital personnel gave careful consideration to the need for microbiologic cultures before they request them.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
H
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0888-2428
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
19-21
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Cost-effective utilization of microbiology data.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article