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ROUTINE SCREENING OF THE URINE OF ORTHOPAEDIC PATIENTS FOR BACTERIURIA USING A DIPSLIDE TECHNIQUE
Author(s) -
Castleden W. M.,
Birch D. F.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1971.tb50538.x
Subject(s) - bacteriuria , medicine , urine , general hospital , emergency medicine
Four hundred and twenty‐five patients admitted to the Orthopaedic Department at Royal Perth Hospital were screened for bacteriuria using a dipslide culture technique. Approximately 6% of these patients entered the hospital with significant bacteriuria. The role of the dipslide as a simple, cheap and reliable screening technique is considered.