Combined Training Intervention Targeting Medical and Nursing Staff Reduces Ciprofloxacin Use and Events of Urinary Tract Infection.

Inappropriate diagnosis of urinary tract infections (UTI) contributes to antimicrobial overuse. A combined training intervention for medical and nursing staff mainly addressing the analytic process reduced UTI events (9.20 vs. 7.36 per 1000 PD, -20.0%, p = 0.003) and the utilization rate of ciprofloxacin (11.6 vs. 3.5, -69.6 p = 0.001) in a Bavarian University Hospital. Combined training intervention-as part of an antibiotic stewardship program-can be effective in avoiding unnecessary urinalysis and reducing antibiotic consumption. Copyright © 2022 Johannes Forster et al.

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Johannes Forster, Petra Schulze, Claudia Burger, Manuel Krone, Ulrich Vogel, Güzin Surat. Combined Training Intervention Targeting Medical and Nursing Staff Reduces Ciprofloxacin Use and Events of Urinary Tract Infection. Advances in urology. 2022;2022:2474242

PMID: 35450116

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