Table 3.

Recommendations to facilitate molecular test uptake

Concern raised during interview	Recommendation
Unfamiliarity with molecular diagnostics	Publicise the technology’s purpose and benefits, particularly its rapidity, accuracy, and ability to facilitate targeted antimicrobial therapy
	Identify and address any misconceptions held by clinicians
	Establish a trial period for clinician first-hand familiarisation
Withholding antibiotics until receiving molecular diagnostic results	Emphasise that empiric antibiotics can be started and refined after molecular diagnostic results become available