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Interobserver Variability in the Assessment of Clinical Criteria for Suspected Urinary Tract Infection in Nursing Home Residents

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Manisha Juthani-Mehta ,
Mary Tinetti ,
Eleanor Perrelli ,
Virginia Towle ,
Peter H. Van Ness  and
Vincent Quagliarello
Manisha Juthani-Mehta*
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Mary Tinetti
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Eleanor Perrelli
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Virginia Towle
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Peter H. Van Ness
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Vincent Quagliarello
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
*
Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Disease, LMP 5040A, PO Box 208022, New Haven, CT 06520, (manisha.juthanimehta@yale.edu)
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Abstract

We determined the interobserver variability in the assessment of clinical criteria for urinary tract infection (UTI) in nursing home residents. Pairs of nursing home staff caring for 30 residents were interviewed at the time UTI was suspected. At least one measure from each of 7 clinical criteria categories was reliably assessed by nursing home staff members.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 29 , Issue 5 , May 2008 , pp. 446 - 449
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2008

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