Table 3.

PubMed search strategy, modified as needed for use in other databases

#1	Search (“health personnel”(MeSH] OR health personnel(tw] OR (health* NEAR/3 personnel) OR “patient care team”(MeSH] OR patient care team*(tw] OR health care team*(tw] OR healthcare team*(tw] OR “physicians”(MeSH] OR “physician*“(tw] OR “doctor*“(tw] OR “nurses”(MeSH] OR “nurse*“(tw] OR link nurse*(tw] OR liaison nurse*(tw] OR “practitioner*“(tw] OR “specialist*“(tw] OR health consultant*(tw] OR healthcare professional*(tw] OR health care professional*(tw] OR “pharmacists”(MeSH] OR “pharmacist*“(tw] OR “microbiologist*“(tw] OR “champion*“(tw] OR “team*“(tw] OR manager*(tw] OR “preventionist*"(tw))
#2	Search (“infection control”(MeSH] OR infection control(tw] OR (infection* NEAR/3 control) OR (infection* AND control) OR infection prevention(tw] OR infection management(tw] OR (“infections”(MeSH] OR “infection*“(tw] AND (“control*“(tw] OR “prevention*“(tw] OR “management”(tw))))
#3	Search (infection control team*(tw] OR infection control specialist*(tw] OR “infection control practitioners”(MeSH] OR infection control practitioner*(tw] OR infection control doctor*(tw] OR infection control nurse*(tw] OR infection control link nurse*(tw] OR infection control champion*(tw] OR infection control preventionist*(tw))
#4	Search ((randomized controlled trial [pt] OR controlled clinical trial [pt] OR randomized [tiab] OR placebo [tiab] OR clinical trials as topic(mesh: noexp)OR randomly [tiab] OR trial [ti)) NOT (animals [mh] NOT humans [mh)))
#5	Search (((#1 AND #2) OR #3) AND #4)
#6	Search (((#1 AND #2) OR #3) AND #4) Filters: English