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Teamwork and safety climate affect antimicrobial stewardship for asymptomatic bacteriuria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2019

Dimitri M. Drekonja ,
Larissa Grigoryan ,
Paola Lichtenberger ,
Christopher J. Graber ,
Payal K. Patel ,
John N. Van ,
Laura M. Dillon ,
Yiqun Wang ,
Timothy P. Gauthier  and
Steve W. Wiseman
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Dimitri M. Drekonja
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Larissa Grigoryan
Affiliation:
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Paola Lichtenberger
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida Miami VA Healthcare System and University of Miami, Miami, Florida
Christopher J. Graber
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Section, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California
Payal K. Patel
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, Michigan
John N. Van
Affiliation:
Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness, and Safety, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas
Laura M. Dillon
Affiliation:
Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness, and Safety, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas
Yiqun Wang
Affiliation:
Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness, and Safety, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas
Timothy P. Gauthier
Affiliation:
Miami VA Healthcare System and University of Miami, Miami, Florida
Steve W. Wiseman
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Bhavarth S. Shukla
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida Miami VA Healthcare System and University of Miami, Miami, Florida
Aanand D. Naik
Affiliation:
Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness, and Safety, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas Section of Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Sylvia J. Hysong
Affiliation:
Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness, and Safety, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas Section of Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Jennifer R. Kramer
Affiliation:
Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness, and Safety, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas Section of Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Barbara W. Trautner*
Affiliation:
Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness, and Safety, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas Section of Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
*
Author for correspondence:. Barbara W. Trautner, Email: trautner@bcm.edu
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Abstract

Objective:

In preparation for a multisite antibiotic stewardship intervention, we assessed knowledge and attitudes toward management of asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) plus teamwork and safety climate among providers, nurses, and clinical nurse assistants (CNAs).

Design:

Prospective surveys during January–June 2018.

Setting:

All acute and long-term care units of 4 Veterans’ Affairs facilities.

Methods:

The survey instrument included 2 previously tested subcomponents: the Kicking CAUTI survey (ASB knowledge and attitudes) and the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ).

Results:

A total of 534 surveys were completed, with an overall response rate of 65%. Cognitive biases impacting management of ASB were identified. For example, providers presented with a case scenario of an asymptomatic patient with a positive urine culture were more likely to give antibiotics if the organism was resistant to antibiotics. Additionally, more than 80% of both nurses and CNAs indicated that foul smell is an appropriate indication for a urine culture. We found significant interprofessional differences in teamwork and safety climate (defined as attitudes about issues relevant to patient safety), with CNAs having highest scores and resident physicians having the lowest scores on self-reported perceptions of teamwork and safety climates (P < .001). Among providers, higher safety-climate scores were significantly associated with appropriate risk perceptions related to ASB, whereas social norms concerning ASB management were correlated with higher teamwork climate ratings.

Conclusions:

Our survey revealed substantial misunderstanding regarding management of ASB among providers, nurses, and CNAs. Educating and empowering these professionals to discourage unnecessary urine culturing and inappropriate antibiotic use will be key components of antibiotic stewardship efforts.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 40 , Issue 9 , September 2019 , pp. 963 - 967
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© 2019 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.

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