TY - JOUR AU - Feiring, Eli AU - Walter, Anne Berit PY - 2017 DA - 2017/11/21 TI - Antimicrobial stewardship: a qualitative study of the development of national guidelines for antibiotic use in hospitals JO - BMC Health Services Research SP - 747 VL - 17 IS - 1 AB - As effective antibiotics are becoming a scarce resource, governmental regulation is needed to promote responsible use. Implementation of antibiotic stewardship and practice guidelines in health care facilities seems to be crucial to this effort. Empirical studies suggest, however, that guidelines have limited influence on health professionals’ behavior and practice. Barriers and facilitators to guideline implementability are much studied, but little attention has been given to health professionals’ perceptions of normative acceptability of guidelines as a condition for compliance. The aim of the present study was first, to examine if and how aspects potentially promoting acceptability and compliance among clinical target users were addressed during development of Norwegian national guidelines for antibiotic use in hospitals and second, to identify procedural characteristics of the development process that were perceived by target users to yield legitimate guidelines. SN - 1472-6963 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2683-4 DO - 10.1186/s12913-017-2683-4 ID - Feiring2017 ER -