Barriers and facilitators to the uptake of an antimicrobial stewardship program in primary care: A qualitative study

• Lianne Jeffs ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Lianne.Jeffs@sinaihealthsystem.ca

  Affiliations Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health System, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Keenan Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michaels Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6845-459X

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• Warren McIsaac,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Ray D. Wolfe Department of Family and Community Medicine, Sinai Health System, Toronto Canada, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

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• Michelle Zahradnik,

  Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation St Michaels Hospital, Toronto, Canada

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• Arrani Senthinathan,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Sinai Health System and University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

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• Linda Dresser,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Sinai Health System and University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

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• Mark McIntyre,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Sinai Health System and University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

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• David Tannenbaum,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Ray D. Wolfe Department of Family and Community Medicine, Sinai Health System, Toronto Canada, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

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• Chaim Bell,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Sinai Health System and University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, Department of Medicine, Sinai Health System, University Health Network, and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

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• Andrew Morris

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Sinai Health System and University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, Department of Medicine, Sinai Health System, University Health Network, and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

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