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Table 1 overview of study activities at intervention and control sites

From: A hospital-site controlled intervention using audit and feedback to implement guidelines concerning inappropriate treatment of catheter-associated asymptomatic bacteriuria

Year

MEDVAMC (intervention)

STVHCS (control)

Year 1

Baseline surveillance

Baseline surveillance

 

Development of study materials (algorithm, surveys, and audit and feedback script)

 
 

Qualitative data collection on study materials

 

Year 2

Ongoing surveillance

Ongoing surveillance

 

Guidelines distribution (algorithm)

Guidelines distribution (algorithm)

 

Intervention: individual audit and feedback

 
 

Pre/post surveys

 

Year 3

Ongoing surveillance

Ongoing surveillance

 

Guidelines distribution (algorithm)

Guidelines distribution (algorithm)

 

Intervention: unit-level feedback

 
 

Pre/post surveys

Pre/post surveys