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- Title
Can urine dipstick testing for urinary tract infection at point of care reduce laboratory workload?
- Authors
Patel, H D; Livsey, S A; Swann, R A; Bukhari, S S
- Abstract
The University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust microbiology laboratory receives 150 000 urine samples each year, approximately 80% of which prove to be culture negative. The aim of this study was to reduce the proportion of culture negative urines arriving in the laboratory, by producing local evidence based guidelines for the use of urine dipstick testing at point of care within the trust's three acute hospitals.
- Publication
Journal of clinical pathology, 2005, Vol 58, Issue 9, p951
- ISSN
0021-9746
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1136/jcp.2004.025429