Annick Lenglet, MSc, MAE, PhD, International Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions, Denmark
Professor Sabiha Essack, PhD, Antimicrobial Research Unit, School of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Tomislav Kostyanev, MD, PhD, MPH, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Hospital South West Jutland, Esbjerg, Denmark
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Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control is calling for submissions to our collection on Intervention and implementation research to contextualise AMS and IPC solutions. This collection will focus on the use of intervention and implementation research to contextualise, improve, and inform policy on antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) and infection prevention and control (IPC) interventions of impact and sustainability in nature. Additionally, submissions for this collection can cover any study that has adapted and tested AMS and/or IPC interventions and included outcomes including effectiveness, cost-effectiveness/benefit, feasibility, acceptability, appropriateness, fidelity, cost, sustainability, and uptake.
The contextualized and tested interventions could range across the antibiotic stewardship and infection, prevention, and control areas of work. They can also include quality improvement studies if they have used an implementation research framework for their methodologies. We will consider both quantitative and qualitative studies and interventions that can be tested in community, primary care, and secondary/tertiary care settings. Ideally, studies can also include how the evidence generated was fed into policy initiatives. We welcome original research, commentaries, and reviews to this collection. Additionally, submissions from low-, middle- and high-income countries, as the methods for intervention and implementation research are universal.
Hospitals in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) face context-specific challenges in implementing antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) programmes. The Global Point Prevalence Survey (Global-PPS) project has est...
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major public health threat with the highest burden being estimated to be in low- and middle-income countries. Fiji is an upper-middle-income country in Oceania. Recent studi...
Existing evidence underscores inappropriate antimicrobial prescribing and use in the community setting. Increased and inappropriate antimicrobial use are major factors contributing to the emergence and transmi...
Consistent and timely access to antibiotics is a hallmark of an antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) and can be achieved through good procurement practices. However, flawed procurement modules result in poo...
Infection prevention and control (IPC) programs are essential to prevent and control the spread of multidrug-resistant organisms in healthcare facilities (HCFs). The current implementation of these programs in...
Adherence to infection prevention and control (IPC) standards and guidelines by healthcare workers is essential for reducing the spread of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). However, IPC practices among ...
This Collection welcomes submission of original research, commentaries, and reviews. Should you wish to submit a different article type, please read our submission guidelines to confirm that type is accepted by the journal.
Articles for this Collection should be submitted via our submission system, Snapp. Please, select the appropriate Collection title “Intervention and implementation research to contextualise AMS and IPC solutions” under the “Details” tab during the submission stage.
Articles will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process and are subject to all the journal’s standard policies. Articles will be added to the Collection as they are published.
The Editors have no competing interests with the submissions which they handle through the peer-review process. The peer-review of any submissions for which the Editors have competing interests is handled by another Editorial Board Member who has no competing interests.