Publications by authors named "Dan Klafter"
Article Synopsis
- Hospital-acquired urinary tract infections (HAUTI), especially those related to catheters (CAUTI), are common in hospitals and require surveillance to manage and reduce infections.
- The study compared surveillance criteria for HAUTI and CAUTI from the Israeli Ministry of Health (IMOH) and the U.S. CDC, involving 644 patients with positive urine cultures in 2017.
- Results showed that HAUTI rates were higher per IMOH guidelines, with a significant discrepancy in diagnosis methods that emphasizes the need for a uniform surveillance approach globally to better allocate resources and improve outcomes.
Antimicrobial use for asymptomatic bacteriuria-First, do no harm.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
January 2021
Objective: Administration of antimicrobials to patients with asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) is a common error that can lead to worse outcomes. However, controlled analyses quantifying the commonality and impact of this practice are lacking. We analyzed the independent predictors for antimicrobials misuse in ASB and quantified the impact of this practice on clinical outcomes.
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