Application of a Prediction Model for Directing Antibiotic Use in the Treatment of Urinary Tract Infection in an Ambulatory Setting

"ER physician will input the necessary de-identified data into the decision aid application.~The decision aid determines if the patient has a high or low likelihood of having a positive urine culture. The patient with high likelihood of positive culture, will be prescribed empiric antibiotics per the UH guidelines for treating UTI in the ambulatory setting. Patients with a low likelihood of having a positive culture, will be discharged without antibiotics.~Study team members will give the patient a handout describing what will happen in the event of a positive or negative culture.~The culture call-back team, consisting of clinical pharmacists, will be notified."