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. 2019 Mar 13;14(3):e0213525. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0213525

Table 2. Intervention summary based on TIDieR, delivered by researchers.

Intervention components Rationale Mode of Delivery Delivered to When/how often
Evidence introductory education session, including target setting of 75% adherence To familiarise staff with the audit/feedback intervention and increase awareness of guideline indicators Face-to-face (group) Doctors, nurses, allied health staff, patient support staff, reception staff Each staff member attended one session, and once at each new staff induction to the ward
Point of care access to clinical practice guideline evidence To educate staff about the guidelines and ensure access to the evidence underpinning guideline indicators Documents loaded onto an e-reader device Doctors, nurses, allied health staff, patient support staff Ongoing
Educational summary of guideline indicators To provide education about single guideline indicators and promote self-monitoring Small summarised poster mailed participants, and poster documents placed on wall Doctors, nurses, allied health staff, patient support staff, reception staff Small summarised poster mailed fortnightly to all staff; A3 summarised poster placed on wall ongoing
Audit and group feedback To focus staff on targets and progress, group discussion aided in process of care changes to increase adherence rates Feedback presentation displayed rates graphically, feedback delivered face-to-face (group) All available staff on shift at time of feedback presentation Fortnightly auditing of cases, feedback delivered bi-weekly
Feedback to staff outside of scheduled feedback sessions To update staff on progress and targets Feedback provided one-on-one or email copy of feedback presentation. Fortnightly feedback was made available on the organisation’s share drive. Staff who missed all the biweekly feedback sessions and requested an update Adhoc, ~1 staff per fortnight