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Definition Revised (2015):
b. UTI Signs/Symptoms: Fever
Yes = Patient has a fever > 38C at the time of culture or onset
of symptoms
No = Patient does not have a fever > 38C at the time of culture
or onset of signs or symptoms
c. UTI Signs/Symptoms: Tenderness
Yes = Patient has suprapubic tenderness, costovertebral angle
pain or tenderness with no other recognized cause
SYMPTOMATIC UTI - CULTURE plus SIGN/SYMPTOM within 1 calendar day of
No = Patient does not have suprapubic tenderness, costovertebral
angle pain or tenderness
d. UTI Culture: (must choose 1 or 2)
1. Patient has a positive urine culture that is > 10^5 colony-
forming units (CFU)/ml with no more than 2 species of
microorganisms
2. A positive urine culture of >=10^3 and <10^5 colony-forming
units (CFU)/ml with no more than 2 species of microorganisms
each other:
plus one of the following three items: a) positive dipstick for
leukocyte esterase and/or nitrate; b) Pyuria (urine specimen
with > 10 white blood cell [WBC]/mm3 of unspun urine or > 3
WBC high-power field of spun urine) or c) microorganisms seen
of Gram's stain of unspun urine
INDWELLING URETHRAL CATHETER
At the time of specimen collection for suspected urinary tract infection
during the post-operative 30 day period, answer the following about
indwelling urethral catheter:
I) IN PLACE > 2 calendar days on the day of UTI Signs/Symptoms and UTI
Culture sample.
R) RECENTLY REMOVED, had been in place > 2 calendar days but removed the
day of or the day before UTI Signs/Symptoms and UTI Culture sample.
S) SHORT DURATION, present at the time of UTI Signs/Symptoms and UTI
Culture sample but had not been present > 2 calendar days.
a. UTI Signs/Symptoms: Urg/Freq/Dys
D) DISTANT REMOVAL, placed in the perioperative period and present >2
calendar days, but removed >2 calendar days prior to UTI Signs/Symptoms
and UTI Culture sample.
N) NO CATHETER, did not have an indwelling urethral catheter > 2 calendar
days
Yes = Patient has urgency, frequency, or dysuria with no other
recognized cause
No = Patient does not complain of urgency, frequency or dysuria OR
has a catheter in place
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