Does Implementing a Urinanylsis Protocol Based on Symptoms Decrease Length of Stay in the Emergency Department?

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Urinary Tract Infections

Treatments: Other: Urinanlysis

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00583648

UCLA-12345

UCLA-urineprotocol

Details and patient eligibility

About

The implementation of nursing urinanlysis protocols based off of symptoms of urinary infections will significantly decrease the length of a patient's stay in the Emergency Department.

Sex: All

Ages: 16 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients between 16 and 65 years of age complaining of any of the following: dysuria, hematuria, urinary frequency, urinary urgency

Exclusion criteria

• any person less than 16 or greater than 65 years of age, history of kidney disease or transplant, foley catherization within the last 30 days, on immuno-suppresent and/or receiving chemotherapy

Trial design

0 participants in 2 patient groups

1

Experimental group

Description:

Recieves urinalysis by nurse per set protocol based off of inclusion criteria

Treatment:

Other: Urinanlysis

2

No Intervention group

Description:

ordering of test will be up to the treating physician