Table 2.
Example of a classification of infection control stakeholders using Mitchell’s stakeholder salience.
| Stakeholder | Power | Legitimacy | Urgency | Type |
| Medical specialist/physician | X | X | X | Definite |
| General practitioner (GP) | X | X | X | Definite |
| GP assistant | — | X | X | Dependent |
| Clinical microbiologist | X | X | X | Definite |
| Nurse | — | X | X | Dependent |
| Pharmacist | X | X | X | Definite |
| National Institute for Public Health and the Environment | — | — | X | Demanding |
| Dutch Working Group on Antibiotic Policy | X | X | X | Definite |
| Medicines Evaluation Board | X | X | — | Dominant |
| Insurance companies | X | — | — | Dormant |