Table 1.

Dataset characteristics

Dataset/clinical behavior	TACT-A					Sample
	Target	Act	Context	Time	Actor	N = 145	Country	Data collection dates
Hand hygiene	Patients	Hand hygiene	Medical and surgical wards	Before initial contact, after contact, before aseptic procedures, and after bodily fluid exposure	Physicians	12	Canada	Sept 2012–Feb 2013
					Residents	8
Pre-operative assessment	Patients	Completing an assessment without a routine electro-cardiography	Pre-assessment units	During pre-operative assessments	Anesthesiologist surgeons	11 5	Canada	Sept 2009–Oct 2009
Adult computerized tomography head rule	Patients	Using an adult computerized tomography head rule	Adult emergency room	During emergency room visit for a head injury	Emergency room physicians	8	Canada	Mar 2010–Jun 2010
Child computerized tomography head rule	Patients	Using a child computerized tomography head rule	Pediatric emergency room	During emergency room visit for a head injury	Physicians	10	Canada	Jan 2011–Jul 2011
					Nurses	3
Donation after cardio-circulatory death	Patients	Donation after cardio-circulatory death	Hospitals that perform organ donation	At circulatory death	Intensivists	12	Canada	Oct 2013–Jul 2014
					ICU nurses	8
					Organ donation coordinators	9
Fetal monitoring	Patients	Intermittent auscultation for fetal surveillance	Birthing units	During labor	Labor and delivery nurses	12	Canada	Apr 2010–May 2010
Red blood cell transfusion-2	Patients	Watching and waiting vs. infusing red blood cells	General surgery wards	When patient has borderline hemoglobin	Orthopedic surgeons	12	Canada	Sept 2008–Jul 2009
Red blood cell transfusion-1	Patients	Watching and waiting vs. infusing red blood cells	Intensive care units	When patient has borderline hemoglobin	Intensivists	12	Canada	Apr 2008–Oct 2008
Bone mineral density screening	Patients ≥ 50 years	Order a bone mineral density screen	Physician’s office	At next available appointment when find out about fragility fracture	Family physicians	10	Canada	Sept 2012–Nov 2012
Smoking cessation	Patients	Adherence to a guideline for smoking cessation	Primary care	During patient visit	Family physicians	10	Canada	Mar 2009–Oct 2009
Preconception care guidelines	Patients	Adherence to guidelines for preconception care	Primary care (general practitioner office)	During patient visit	Physicians	3	Australia	Oct 2007–Nov 2007