Efficient use of laboratory resources: pre-screening for urine cultures by automated urinalysis and microscopy to allow exclusion of specimens from culture workflow

Gulmez, DOLUNAY; Hascelik, Guelsen

doi:10.1515/labmed-2015-0069

Efficient use of laboratory resources: pre-screening for urine cultures by automated urinalysis and microscopy to allow exclusion of specimens from culture workflow

Gulmez D., Hascelik G.

LABORATORIUMSMEDIZIN-JOURNAL OF LABORATORY MEDICINE, cilt.40, sa.4, ss.277-282, 2016 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 40 Sayı: 4
Basım Tarihi: 2016
Doi Numarası: 10.1515/labmed-2015-0069
Dergi Adı: LABORATORIUMSMEDIZIN-JOURNAL OF LABORATORY MEDICINE
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.277-282
Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: Most of the urine cultures give negative results, leading to inefficient use of resources. The aim of this study was to evaluate and optimize screening by urinalysis and urine microscopy allowing elimination from the culture workflow, and find out if it might be cost effective in Turkey.