Journal of Community Medicine & Health Education
Open Access

Research Article

A Hospital Policy of Automatic Urine Cultures Performed on Suspicious Urinalysis Increases Speed of Transition from Empiric to Culture-Specific Antimicrobials

www.omicsonline.org/patient-care.phpRichard A. Santucci^*

Detroit Medical Center, Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Harper Professional Building, Detroit, Michigan, USA Scott Salmon

*Corresponding Author:

Richard Santucci, M.D, F.A.C.S
Specialist-in-Chief, Urology
Detroit Medical Center, Clinical Professor
Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Harper Professional Building
4160 John R. Suite 1017, Detroit
Michigan 48201, USA
Tel: 313-745-4123
Fax: 313-745-8222
E-mail: rsantucc@dmc.org

Received date: August 14, 2013; Accepted date: August 26, 2013; Published date: August 28, 2013

Citation: Salmon S, Odom BD, Santucci RA (2013) A Hospital Policy of Automatic Urine Cultures Performed on Suspicious Urinalysis Increases Speed of Transition from Empiric to Culture-Specific Antimicrobials. J Community Med Health Educ 3:232. doi: 10.4172/2161-0711.1000232

Copyright: © 2013 Salmon S, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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