The effects of a systemwide diagnostic stewardship change on West Nile virus disease ordering practices
Date:
11/14/2019
Citation:
Karaba AH, Blair PW, Martin K, Saheed MO, Carroll KC, Borowitz MJ. The Effects of a Systemwide Diagnostic Stewardship Change on West Nile Virus Disease Ordering Practices. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2019 Nov 14;6(12):ofz488. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofz488. PMID: 32128331; PMCID: PMC7047944.
Abstract
We report that removing the clinically insensitive West Nile virus CSF nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) from the electronic health record (EHR) test. This diagnostic stewardship intervention decreased costs and may have improved diagnostic yield.