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To ensure appropriate patients received timely screening, care teams discussed patient risk factors and created patient-specific, appropriate procedures. The intervention was extended to the entire ED after providing education. Finally, visual cues were added into the electronic health record, and nursing scripts were developed to enlist family participation. A time-series design was used to study the impact of the 6-month intervention by using a p-chart to determine special cause variation. The primary outcome measure for the study was defined as the catheterization rate in febrile children ages 6 to 24 months.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n RESULTS:<\/jats:title>\n The ED reduced catheterization rates among febrile young children from 63% to &lt;30% over a 6-month period with sustained results. More than 350 patients were spared catheterization without prolonging ED length of stay. 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