Implementing antibiotic stewardship can be challenging because it involves changing knowledge, deeply held attitudes, cultural norms, and the emotionally influenced behaviors of clinicians and patients toward antibiotic prescribing and use. Implementation science can help address this challenging. Antibiotic stewardship Implementation sciences
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Current staff providing care at pediatric units at Department of Pediatrics, KCMH and another 4 hospitals (academic tertiary care hospitals: Charoenkrung Pracharak Hospital, Vachira Phuket Hospital, Trang Hospital, Hat Yai Hospital) who take role with antibiotic prescribing and monitoring such as physicians and pharmacists
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Staff with less than 3 months duration of service at pediatric units
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Barriers and facilitators of ASP implementation across different settings At the begining of study Qualitative methods | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Implementation outcomes: feasibility, acceptability, appropriateness, and fidelity At the begining of study Qualitative methods | — |
Countries
Thailand
Contacts
Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University