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cord-264378-69mf7wi7	Alghamdi, Saleh	Barriers to implementing antimicrobial stewardship programmes in three Saudi hospitals: Evidence from a qualitative study	2019-02-20		.txt	text/plain	4473	224	33	OBJECTIVES: This study explored antimicrobial stewardship programme (ASP) team members' perspectives regarding factors influencing the adoption and implementation of these programmes in Saudi hospitals. METHODS: This was a qualitative study based on face-to-face semistructured interviews with healthcare professionals involved in ASPs and activities across three Ministry of Health (MoH) hospitals in Saudi Arabia (n = 18). ASP team members highlight that lack of enforcement of policies and guidelines from the MoH and hospital administration is a significant barrier to ASP adoption and implementation. Second, healthcare organisation-related barriers such as lack of management support, disintegration, poor communication, lack of recruitment/shortage of ASP team members, lack of education and training, and lack of health information technology (IT). This is critical as the lack of top management support and commitment have been identified as significant barriers to ASP adoption and implementation in Saudi MoH hospitals (T3 Q4-5).	./cache/cord-264378-69mf7wi7.txt	./txt/cord-264378-69mf7wi7.txt