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Our aim was to implement a standardized urine bag UTI screening approach in febrile children aged 6 to 24 months to decrease the number of unnecessary catheterizations by 50% without impacting ED length of stay (LOS) or return visits (RVs).<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>After forming an interprofessional study team and engaging key stakeholders, a multipronged intervention strategy was developed using the Model for Improvement. A urine bag screening pathway was created and implemented using Plan, Do, Study Act (PDSA) cycles for children aged 6 to 24 months being evaluated for UTIs. A urine bag sample with point-of-care (POC) urinalysis (UA) was integrated as a screening approach. The outcome measure was the rate of ED urine catheterizations, and balancing measures included ED LOS and RVs. Statistical process control methods were used for analysis.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>During the 3-year study period from January 2019 to June 2022, the ED catheterization rate successfully decreased from a baseline of 73.3% to 37.7% and was sustained for approximately 2 years. Unnecessary urine cultures requiring microbiology processing decreased from 79.8% to 40.7%. The ED LOS initially decreased; however, it increased by 17 minutes during the last 8 months of the study. There was no change in RVs.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>A urine bag screening pathway was successfully implemented to decrease unnecessary, invasive catheterizations for UTI screening in children with only a slight increase in ED LOS. 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