Table 2.
Patients Inappropriately Prescribed Antibiotics | Preintervention Group (N = 37), No. (%) | Postintervention Group 1 (N = 37), No. (%) | Postintervention Group 2 (N = 50), No. (%) |
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All patients | 37/37 (100) | 12/37 (32.4) a | 14/50 (28) |
Patients with ASP alone | 25/25 (100) | 6/27 (22.2) a | 10/46 (21.7) |
Patients with ASB alone | 5/5 (100) | 3/4 (75) | 0/0 (0) |
Patient with ASP + ASB | 7/7 (100) | 3/6 (50) | 4/4 (100) |
Patients returning to ED for UTI within 30 d | 3 b | 4 c | 1 d |
Note. ASP, asymptomatic pyuria; ASB, asymptomatic bacteriuria.
P < .05 for comparison with preintervention group.
3 of 3 had received antibiotics for ASB and/or ASP.
2 of 4 had received antibiotics for ASP and/or ASB.
1 of 1 had received antibiotics for ASP and/or ASB.