ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2013
CHROMagar Orientation medium reduces urine culture workload.
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- Comparison of chromogenic and cysteine lactose electrolyte deficient agar for identification of uropathogens in Gujarat, India.African journal of laboratory medicine · 2025Article
- Evaluation of chromogenic agar medium, can it be a suitable alternative to conventional culture system for identification of uropathogens?Iranian journal of microbiology · 2022Article
- Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry for Identification of Microorganisms in Clinical Urine Specimens after Two Pretreatments.Polish journal of microbiology · 2021Article
- Evaluation of presumptive identification of Enterobacterales using CHROMagar Orientation medium and rapid biochemical tests.Journal of clinical laboratory analysis · 2020Article
- Growth Inhibition of Common Enteric Pathogens in the Intestine of Broilers by Microbially Produced Dextran and Levan Exopolysaccharides.Current microbiology · 2020Article
- Direct antimicrobial susceptibility testing from positive blood culture bottles in laboratories lacking automated antimicrobial susceptibility testing systems.Medical journal, Armed Forces India · 2019Article
- Culture of Urine Specimens by Use of chromID CPS Elite Medium Can Expedite Escherichia coli Identification and Reduce Hands-On Time in the Clinical Laboratory.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2016Article
- Optical scatter patterns facilitate rapid differentiation of Enterobacteriaceae on CHROMagar™ Orientation medium.Microbial biotechnology · 2016Article
- Evaluation of two chromogenic media for the isolation and identification of urinary tract pathogens.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2015Article
- Comparative evaluation of chromogenic agar medium and conventional culture system for isolation and presumptive identification of uropathogens.Pakistan journal of medical sciences · 2014Article
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Abstract
Microbiology laboratories continually strive to streamline and improve their urine culture algorithms because of the high volumes of urine specimens they receive and the modest numbers of those specimens that are ultimately considered clinically significant. In the current study, we quantitatively measured the impact of the introduction of CHROMagar Orientation (CO) medium into routine use in two hospital laboratories and compared it to conventional culture on blood and MacConkey agars. Based on data extracted from our Laboratory Information System from 2006 to 2011, the use of CO medium resulted in a 28% reduction in workload for additional procedures such as Gram stains, subcultures, identification panels, agglutination tests, and biochemical tests. The average number of workload units (one workload unit equals 1 min of hands-on labor) per urine specimen was significantly reduced (P < 0.0001; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.5326 to 1.047) from 2.67 in 2006 (preimplementation of CO medium) to 1.88 in 2011 (postimplementation of CO medium). We conclude that the use of CO medium streamlined the urine culture process and increased bench throughput by reducing both workload and turnaround time in our laboratories.
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