Acceptability of innovative culture-based antibiotic prophylaxis strategies: a multi-method study on experiences regarding transrectal prostate biopsy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The acceptability of innovative medical strategies among healthcare providers and patients affects their uptake in daily clinical practice.

Objectives

To explore experiences of healthcare providers and patients with culture-based antibiotic prophylaxis in transrectal prostate biopsy with three swab-screening scenarios: self-sampling at home, self-sampling in the hospital and sampling by a healthcare provider.

Methods

We performed focus group interviews with urologists and medical microbiologists from 11 hospitals and six connected clinical microbiological laboratories. We used Flottorp's comprehensive checklist for identifying determinants of practice to guide data collection and analysis. The experiences of 10 laboratory technicians from five laboratories

SUBMITTER: Tops SCM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8599774 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature