February 26, 2021

Patient did not have a urine run on admit (1/07) but there was a positive culture on 1/13. This urine was collected 1/13 14:58 and had >100,000 colonies but this patient was discharged 1/13 16:35. So the results were not available prior to discharge. To meet the hospital even for UTI, the patient need to have a culture with >100,000 organisms and physician institutes appropriate therapy for UTI. I think I would not pick this patient up as a UTI for the fact that therapy was not begun. Is that correct?

You are correct. Unless there is documentation that the provider provided appropriate therapy for a urinary tract infection, you will not capture this as a hospital event.

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