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Improving antibiotic use in hospitals: development of a digital antibiotic review tracking toolkit (DARTT) using the behaviour change wheel (2023)
Journal Article
Wojcik, G., Ring, N., Willis, D., Williams, B., & Kydonaki, K. (in press). Improving antibiotic use in hospitals: development of a digital antibiotic review tracking toolkit (DARTT) using the behaviour change wheel. Psychology and Health, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2023.2182894

Objective To develop a theory-informed behaviour change intervention to promote appropriate hospital antibiotic use, guided by the Medical Research Council’s complex interventions framework. Methods A phased approach was used, including triang... Read More about Improving antibiotic use in hospitals: development of a digital antibiotic review tracking toolkit (DARTT) using the behaviour change wheel.

Understanding the complexities of antibiotic prescribing behaviour in acute hospitals: a systematic review and meta-ethnography (2021)
Journal Article
Wojcik, G., Ring, N., McCulloch, C., Willis, D. S., Williams, B., & Kydonaki, K. (2021). Understanding the complexities of antibiotic prescribing behaviour in acute hospitals: a systematic review and meta-ethnography. Archives of Public Health, 79(1), Article 134. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-021-00624-1

Background: Antimicrobial resistance poses a serious global public health threat. Hospital misuse of antibiotics has contributed to this problem and evidence-based interventions are urgently needed to change inappropriate prescribing practices. Thi... Read More about Understanding the complexities of antibiotic prescribing behaviour in acute hospitals: a systematic review and meta-ethnography.

Ventilator-associated pneumonia surveillance using two methods (2020)
Journal Article
Craven, T. H., Wojcik, G., McCoubrey, J., Brooks, O., Grant, E., Keating, S., …Walsh, T. S. (2020). Ventilator-associated pneumonia surveillance using two methods. Journal of Hospital Infection, 104(4), 522-528. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2020.01.020

Background Ventilator-associated pneumonia surveillance is used as a quality indicator due to concerns that some cases may be preventable and may contribute to mortality. Various surveillance criteria exist for the purposes of national reporting, bu... Read More about Ventilator-associated pneumonia surveillance using two methods.

Lack of concordance between ECDC and CDC systems for surveillance of ventilator associated pneumonia (2017)
Journal Article
Craven, T. H., Wojcik, G., McCoubrey, J., Brooks, O., Grant, E., Reilly, J., …Walsh, T. S. (2018). Lack of concordance between ECDC and CDC systems for surveillance of ventilator associated pneumonia. Intensive Care Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-017-4993-8

no abstract available. The online version of this article (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-017-4993-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

Optimising antibiotic stewardship in suspected ICU acquired pneumonia in two large intensive care units: a prospective audit (2015)
Journal Article
Wojcik, G., Craven, T. H., & Walsh, T. S. (2015). Optimising antibiotic stewardship in suspected ICU acquired pneumonia in two large intensive care units: a prospective audit. Journal of the Intensive Care Society, 16(4 supp 28-103),

Optimising antibiotic stewardship in suspected ICU acquired pneumonia in two large intensive care units: a prospective audit.