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Table 2 Studies categorised by target, action, context, timeframe and actor

From: Interventions to improve appropriate antibiotic prescribing in long-term care facilities: a systematic review

Study

Target (whom)

Action (behaviour)

Context

Timeframe

Actor (whose behaviour)

     

Physicians

Nurses

Physician Assistants

Nurses Assistants

Pharmacists

Medical Directors

Patients

Family Members

Infection Control Practitioners

Other Unspecified

Monette 2007 [55]

UTI

LRTI

SSTI

Antibiotic prescribing

LTCF

Unspecified

–

✓

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Petterson 2011 [60]

UTI

Antibiotic prescribing

Nursing home

Unspecified

✓

✓

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Loeb 2005 [23]

UTI

Antibiotic prescribing

Nursing home

Unspecified

✓

✓

✓

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Naughton 2001 [56]

NHAP

Antibiotic prescribing

Skilled nursing facility

Unspecified

✓

✓

–

✓

–

–

–

–

–

–

McMaughan 2016 [58]

UTI

Antibiotic prescribing

Nursing homes

Unspecified

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

✓

Schwartz 2007 [61]

UTI

Antibiotic prescribing

LTCF

Unspecified

✓

✓

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

✓

Kassett 2016 [62]

UTI

Antibiotic prescribing

LTCF

Unspecified

✓

✓

–

–

✓

–

✓

✓

–

–

Doernberg 2015 [63]

UTI

Antibiotic prescribing

LTCF

Unspecified

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

✓

–

Fleet 2014 [65]

LRTI

SSTI

UTI

Antibiotic prescribing

Nursing home

Unspecified

–

✓

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Furuno 2014 [66]

Unspecified

Antibiotic prescribing

Skilled nursing facility

Unspecified

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

✓

Gugkaeva 2012 [67]

Unspecified

Antibiotic prescribing

Nursing home

Unspecified

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

✓

Hutt 2006 [68]

NHAP

Antibiotic prescribing

Veterans nursing home

Unspecified

✓

✓

–

✓

–

–

–

–

–

–

Linneburr 2011 [54]

LRTI

Adherence to guidelines

Nursing homes

Unspecified

✓

–

✓

✓

–

✓

–

–

–

–

Rahme 2016 [69]

UTI

SSRI

RTI

Antibiotic prescribing

LTCF

Unspecified

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

✓

–

✓

Hutt 2011 [53]

LRTI

Adherence to guidelines

Nursing home

Unspecified

✓

✓

✓

–

–

✓

–

–

–

–

Jump 2013 [57]

Unspecified

Enacting stewardship role

Veteran Affairs community living centre

Unspecified

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

✓

Van Buul 2015 [59]

UTI

RTI

Antibiotic prescribing

Nursing home

Unspecified

✓

✓

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Zimmerman 2014 [64]

UTI

SSTI

RTI

Antibiotic prescribing

Nursing home

Unspecified

–

–

–

–

–

–

✓

✓

–

✓

Smith 2016 [70]

Unspecified

Monitoring of AKI and vancomycin trough levels

Nursing home

When indicated

–

–

–

–

✓

–

–

–

–

–

Zabarsky 2008 [71]

UTI

Antibiotic prescribing

Nursing home

Unspecified

✓

✓

✓

–

–

–

–

–

–

✓

  1. TACTA Target, Action, Context, Timeframe, Actor UTI-Urinary Tract Infection, LRTI Lower Respiratory Tract Infection; RTI-Respiratory Tract Infection; SSTI- Skin and Soft Tissue Infection; NHAP-Nursing Home Acquired Pneumonia