Table 1.
Interview Guide, Including Supplementary Questions
| Role of antibiotic prescribing in infection control Knowledge of antibiotic prescribing guidelines | What aspects of antibiotic prescribing and management are you involved in? |
| • Prescribing? Monitoring? Restricting? Administering? | |
| • Are you aware of any specific standards associated with antibiotic prescribing and management? | |
| • Are you aware of any Imperial Trust policy on antibiotic prescribing and management? | |
| • Do you think antibiotic prescribing has potential to put patients at risk of infection? If so, how? | |
| Barriers to compliance with antibiotic prescribing guidelines Potential facilitators to compliance with antibiotic prescribing guidelines | Is it easy or difficult to adhere to Trust policy on antibiotic prescribing and management? Why? |
| • To what extent do you have confidence in the current antibiotic policy? | |
| • Do you feel you have had sufficient education and training on antibiotic prescribing and management? | |
| Do your colleagues comply with the policy? | |
| • Do you feel you are in a position to question the antibiotic prescribing/management behavior of your colleagues and superiors? | |
| • How would your attitude differ depending on type of colleague (senior, junior, trainees)? | |
| • Who, in your view, is responsible for making sure that the prescribing and management of antibiotics is optimal? | |
| • How clear do you think it is, within your department, where responsibilities lie? | |
| What barriers do you personally face when optimizing your prescribing and monitoring practices? | |
| • What would facilitate you to optimize antibiotic prescribing? | |
| • What do you think could be done on an organizational level to improve antibiotic prescribing and management? |