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Table 1 Participant numbers per occupational category

From: Mechanisms affecting the implementation of a national antimicrobial stewardship programme; multi-professional perspectives explained using normalisation process theory

Occupational category

Number

AMT Lead Infection Specialist Consultant

9

AMT Pharmacist (1 per 13 boards, 2 from one large board)

15

AMT Nurses (few boards have AMS nurses)

3

Total AMT participants across 14 NHS Health Boards

27

Prescribing doctors × 5 focus groups (3–6 participants per focus group)

21

Clinical pharmacists × 5 focus groups (3–9 participants per focus group)

28

Ward based nurses × 5 focus groups (4–6 participants per focus group)

23

Total front-line practitioner participants across 5 NHS Health Boards

72

Total study participants

99