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Key Points
➤ Effective implementation helps to ensure that evidence-based
interventions generate desired outcomes and meet infection
prevention and control and antimicrobial stewardship goals.
➤ This Compendium article focuses on broad behavioral and socio-
adaptive concepts and suggests ways that infection prevention and
control teams, healthcare epidemiologists, infection preventionists,
and specialty groups may utilize them to deliver high-quality care.
➤ Healthcare facilities should develop implementation plans specific to
their settings. The approach in one facility may not be reproducible
with the desired effect in another.
Resources
Definitions
• Trivedi KK, Schaffzin JK, Deloney VM, et al. Implementing
strategies to prevent infections in acute-care settings. Infection
Control & Hospital Epidemiolog y. 2023;44(8):1232-1246.
• Table 1. Glossary of Terms https://www.cambridge.org/core/
journals/infection-control-and-hospital-epidemiolog y/article/
implementing-strategies-to-prevent-infections-in-acutecare-settings
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Websites
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). How to Improve:
Model for Improvement Guide and Tool Kits. https://www.ihi.org/
resources/how-to-improve
Databases of
Models and
Frameworks
• Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research website.
https://cfirguide.org/
• CFIR-ERIC Implementation Strateg y Matching Tool: https://
cfirguide.org/choosing-strategies/
• RE-AIM: Improving Public Health Relevance and Population
Health Impact. RE-AIM and PRISM Guide. Interactive RE-AIM
Planning Tool. https://re-aim.org/applying-the-re-aim-framework/
re-aim-guidance/use-when-planning-a-project/planning-tool/
