Protocol to disseminate a hospital-site controlled intervention using audit and feedback to implement guidelines concerning inappropriate treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria.
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| Abstract | :  Antimicrobial stewardship to combat the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria has become a national priority. This project focuses on reducing inappropriate use of antimicrobials for asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB), a very common condition that leads to antimicrobial overuse in acute and long-term care. We previously conducted a successful intervention, entitled "Kicking Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI): the No Knee-Jerk Antibiotics Campaign," to decrease guideline-discordant ordering of urine cultures and antibiotics for ASB. The current objective is to facilitate implementation of a scalable version of the Kicking CAUTI campaign across four geographically diverse Veterans Health Administration facilities while assessing what aspects of an antimicrobial stewardship intervention are essential to success and sustainability. | 
| Year of Publication | :  2018 | 
| Journal | :  Implementation science : IS | 
| Volume | :  13 | 
| Issue | :  1 | 
| Number of Pages | :  16 | 
| Date Published | :  2018 | 
| URL | :  https://implementationscience.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13012-018-0709-x | 
| DOI | :  10.1186/s13012-018-0709-x | 
| Short Title | :  Implement Sci | 
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