Intervention and implementation research to contextualise AMS and IPC solutions

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.