Complex Hospital-Based Electronic Prescribing-Based Intervention to Support Antimicrobial Stewardship: Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) represents a growing concern for public health.

Objective

We sought to explore the challenges associated with development and implementation of a complex intervention designed to improve AMS in hospitals.

Methods

We conducted a qualitative evaluation of a complex AMS intervention with educational, behavioral, and technological components in 5 wards of an English hospital. At 2 weeks and 7 weeks after initiating the intervention, we interviewed 25 users of the intervention, including senior and junior prescribers, a senior nurse, a pharmacist, and a microbiologist. Topics discussed included perceived impacts of different elements of the intervention and facilitators and barriers to effective use. Interviews were supplemented by

SUBMITTER: Cresswell K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11316148 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature