Definition of participants, concept and context and their respective search terms
| Participants | Concept | Context |
| Patients and family members: Health service users included patient, family, and those who care (informal carer) for a service user. | Patient involvement in interventions and clinical guidelines: Patient and family involvement refers to ‘activity that is done ‘with’ or ‘by’ patients or members of the public rather than ‘to’, ‘about’ or ‘for’ them’.23 Guidelines refer to ‘systematically developed evidence-based statements which assist providers, recipients and other stakeholders to make informed decisions about appropriate health interventions’.24 | Healthcare associated infection (HCAI) and infection prevention and control (IPC): HCAI refers to ‘an infection occurring in a patient during the process of care in a hospital or other healthcare facility which was not present or incubating at the time of admission’.25 IPC refers to ‘a scientific approach and practical solution designed to prevent harm caused by infection to patients and health workers’.25 |
| Search terms: Patient OR client OR ‘family member’ OR relative | Search terms: (Implement* OR introd* OR uptake OR utilis* OR utiliz* OR complian* OR concord* OR adhere* OR disseminat* OR adopt* OR translat* OR appl* OR ‘diffusion of innovation’ OR barrier* OR facilitator* Or enabler*) AND guideline* | Search terms: (Infection N3 (healthcare OR ‘health care’ OR health care OR hospital OR nosocomial Or resistant OR antibiotic OR control OR prevention)) OR (pathogen N3 (healthcare OR ‘health care’ OR health care OR hospital OR nosocomial OR resistant OR antibiotic OR control OR prevention)) OR ‘Alert organism*’ OR ‘cross infection’ OR cross-infection’ OR ‘HAI’ OR HCAI’ OR ‘Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus’ OR ‘MRSA’ OR ‘M.R.S.A.’ OR ‘Clostridium difficile’ OR ‘C. difficile’ OR C. difficile’ OR ‘C. diff’ OR ‘C. diff’ OR ‘multidrug resistant organisms’ OR ‘MDRO’ OR ‘M.D.R.O.’) |