Delayed Treatment of Urinary Tract Infection Due to Lapse in Result Communication
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Summary
A resident experienced an elevated temperature and was suspected of having a urinary tract infection, prompting a provider to order a complete blood count and urine culture. The urine culture, finalized two days later, confirmed an infection and identified antibiotics to which the bacteria was sensitive. Despite these results, the resident was not started on antibiotic therapy until five days after the culture results were available and one week after the onset of symptoms. The delay occurred because the on-call provider was unable to access the results in the electronic health record system or receive them by fax, resulting in the infection going untreated for an extended period.