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March 15, 2026American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy0 citations

Improving outpatient antimicrobial stewardship through a urine culture follow-up program utilizing pharmacist-led symptom assessment

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BMBenjamin MuronLDLisa DumkowKEKamah Ellena

Key Points

  • To evaluate the impact of a pharmacist-led follow-up program on antibiotic prescribing practices for asymptomatic patients with positive urine cultures.
  • Implemented a urine culture follow-up program led by pharmacists.
  • Performed symptom assessments for outpatient ED and UC patients.
  • Monitored antibiotic prescribing patterns in asymptomatic patients with positive urine cultures.
  • Support for not prescribing antibiotics for asymptomatic patients despite positive urine cultures.
  • Evidence suggesting the intervention prevents unnecessary antibiotic exposure.

Abstract

Our findings support nonprescribing of antibiotics at follow-up for asymptomatic patients, despite a positive urine culture, as an appropriate stewardship intervention for ED and UC patients to prevent unnecessary antibiotic exposure.

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Muron et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69b606af83145bc643d1ce13https://doi.org/10.1093/ajhp/zxag058
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