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Society guideline links: Asymptomatic bacteriuria in adults

Society guideline links: Asymptomatic bacteriuria in adults

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Canada

Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't prescribe antibiotics for asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) in non-pregnant patients (2020)

Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't use antimicrobials to treat asymptomatic bacteriuria in the elderly (2020)

Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't use antimicrobials to treat bacteriuria in older adults unless specific urinary tract symptoms are present (2020)

Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC): Management of group B streptococcal bacteriuria in pregnancy (2018)

Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (CTFPHC): Recommendations on screening for asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnancy (2018)

United States

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Committee opinion on the prevention of early-onset group B streptococcal disease in newborns (2020)

Choosing Wisely: Don't obtain urine tests until clinical criteria are met (2013, updated 2019)

Choosing Wisely: Don't perform urinalysis, urine culture, blood culture or C. difficile testing unless patients have signs or symptoms of infection. Tests can be falsely positive leading to over diagnosis and overtreatment (2015, revised 2019)

Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA): Clinical practice guideline for the management of asymptomatic bacteriuria, update (2019)

US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF): Final recommendation statement on asymptomatic bacteriuria in adults – Screening (2019)

Choosing Wisely: Avoid the use of surveillance cultures for the screening and treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria (2014, updated 2016)

Choosing Wisely: Don't use antimicrobials to treat bacteriuria in older adults unless specific urinary tract symptoms are present (2013)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Revised guidelines for the prevention of perinatal group B streptococcal disease (2010)

Europe

European Association of Urology (EAU): Guidelines on urological infections, update (2021)

European Confederation of Laboratory Medicine (ECLM): European urinalysis guidelines (2000)

United Kingdom

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Guideline on antenatal care (2021)

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN): A national clinical guideline for the management of suspected bacterial urinary tract infection in adult women (2020)

NICE: Quality standard on urinary tract infections in adults (2015)

Australia-New Zealand

Choosing Wisely Australia: Do not use antibiotics in asymptomatic bacteriuria (2016)

Choosing Wisely Australia: Do not use antimicrobials to treat bacteriuria in older adults where specific urinary tract symptoms are not present (2016)

Choosing Wisely Australia: Do not perform surveillance urine cultures or treat bacteriuria in elderly patients in the absence of symptoms or signs of infection (2015)

Australian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID) Healthcare Infection Control Special Interest Group (HICSIG)/Australian Infection Control Association (AICA): Position statement on preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infections in patients (2011)

Japan

[In Japanese] Choosing Wisely Japan: About urinary tract infections (UTIs) in the elderly (2018)

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