You might like to ask Dr Ian Bowler for an opinion and references.
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Dr Jonathan Kay
On Tuesday, December 17, 2002, at 12:21 PM, Frost, Stephen wrote:
> I am a member a POCT subgroup that is looking at the benefits or
> otherwise of urinalysis in our Trust. In particular the effectiveness
> of WBC/nitrite detection as a screen for UTIs seems a live issue
> locally, with some nurse managers wanting to do it but our
> microbiologists feeling it is ineffective.
>
> Have any of you looked at the evidence-base for this or other aspects
> of urinalysis at all, or can you point me to any references?
>
> I don't want to waste time reinventing the wee, sorry I mean wheel!
>
>
> Merry Christmas
>
> Stephen Frost
> The Princess Royal Hospital
> Haywards Heath
>
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