Antibiotic prescribing and non-prescribing in nursing home residents with signs and symptoms ascribed to urinary tract infection (ANNA): study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial

Table 1 SPIRIT schedule of resident enrollment, intervention, and data collection

	Allocation	Enrolment	Data collection				Close-out
TIMEPOINT	Before study onset	T0 (index)	T0 (index)	T1 (day 3)	T2 (day 7)	T3 (day 21)	After completion data-collection
ENROLMENT
*Eligibility screen*		X
*Informed consent*	X
*Allocation*	X
INTERVENTIONS
*UTI treatment decision tool in EHR*		X	X
*Education for physicians & nursing staff*	X
ASSESSMENTS
*Patient characteristics*			X
*Primary outcome* (appropriate antibiotic prescribing)			X
*Secondary outcomes* (course of symptoms, alternative diagnoses, changes in treatment policy, hospitalization, morality)			X	X	X	X
*Total antibiotic prescribing*							X

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