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Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases: low value interventions

20 Apr, 2017 | 14:30h | UTC

Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases: low value interventions – The Medical Journal of Australia (free) (RT @ChooseWiselyAU and @ASIDANZ see Tweet)

See also: Choosing Wisely initiative was launched 5 years ago in our April 5 issue.

The society has just released a selection of 5 low value interventions (details in the text):

 

– Prescribing antibiotics for asymptomatic bacteriuria.

– Taking a swab of a leg ulcer without signs of clinical infection and treating the patient with antibiotics against the identified bacteria.

– Treating upper respiratory tract infections with antibiotics.

– Investigation for fecal pathogens in the absence of diarrhea or other gastrointestinal symptoms.

– Ordering multiple serological investigations for patients with fatigue without a clinical indication or relevant epidemiology.

 


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