Adoption of recommended implementation strategies among participating long-term care homes (n=32)
| Implementation strategy description | Complete n (%) | Incomplete* n (%) | No response† n (%) |
| Readiness strategies | |||
| Consensus: ensuring agreement on the practices among prescribers | 24 (75) | 5 (16) | 3 (9) |
| Policies and procedures: ensuring policies and procedures are aligned with five practice changes | 23 (72) | 6 (19) | 3 (9) |
| Champion: selecting a champion and involving them in implementation | 21 (66) | 8 (25) | 3 (9) |
| Local opinion leaders: finding way for prescribers to be involved in delivering strategies | 19 (59) | 10 (31) | 3 (9) |
| Implementation team: having at least three people that are part of an implementation team | 15 (47) | 14 (44) | 3 (9) |
| Education and support | |||
| Delivering education to staff | 27 (84) | 1 (3) | 4 (13) |
| Coaching: ensuring there is someone to help with questions/concerns after education | 25 (78) | 3 (9) | 4 (13) |
| Providing information/education to residents and families | 25 (78) | 3 (9) | 4 (13) |
| Monitoring and communication | |||
| Resident symptoms: addressing improvement in how resident symptoms are documented and communicated | 26 (81) | 1 (3) | 5 (16) |
| Reminders: looking for opportunities to remind staff about the practice changes | 23 (72) | 4 (13) | 5 (16) |
| Process surveillance: checking records of urine cultures and antibiotics prescribed for UTIs to see how they are aligned with the programme algorithm | 22 (69) | 5 (16) | 5 (16) |
*Incomplete refers to LTCHs that indicated they did not complete this strategy.
†No response refers to LTCHs that did not complete the survey or question. Proportions reflect the total number of participating LTCHs and not the total number of LTCHs that responded to the survey.
LTCHs, long-term care homes; UTI, urinary tract infection.