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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of a new order set on the number of urine culture performed, antibiotic days of therapy (DOT), catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI), and associated financial impact.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0899823X20000379_as2\"><jats:title>Design:<\/jats:title><jats:p>A quasi-experimental before-and-after intervention.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0899823X20000379_as3\"><jats:title>Setting:<\/jats:title><jats:p>We conducted this study at 5 Catholic Health Initiative (CHI) hospitals in Texas that use the same electronic health record (EHR) system.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0899823X20000379_as4\"><jats:title>Patients:<\/jats:title><jats:p>The study populations included adult patients who had urine culture performed from June 2017 to June 2019.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0899823X20000379_as5\"><jats:title>Intervention:<\/jats:title><jats:p>The intervention (implemented June 25, 2018) was the addition of a new order set in the electronic health record that required practitioners to choose an indication for the type of urine study. The primary outcome was number of urine cultures performed adjusted for the number of total patient days.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0899823X20000379_as6\"><jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title><jats:p>Following implementation of the new order set, the number of urine cultures performed among the 5 sites decreased from 1,175.8 tests per 10,000 patient days before the intervention to 701.4 after the intervention (40.4% reduction;<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt; .01). Antibiotic DOT for patients with a urinary tract infection indication decreased from 102.5 to 86.9 per 1,000 patient days (15.2% reduction;<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt; .01). The CAUTI standardized infection ratio was 1.0 before the intervention and 0.8 after the intervention (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>= .23). 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