Antimicrobial stewardship in practice: determinants of prescription behaviour and developing interventions to improve surgical prophylaxis in a Rwandan tertiary hospital—a mixed methods study using the behaviour change wheel

Caroline Theunissen, Marie Fidèle Muremba, Leopold Bitunguhari, Sibyl Anthierens, Acsa Igizeneza, Ralph Huits, Emmanuel Bottieau, Gloria Cristina Cordoba, Félix De Bièvre, Innocent Hahirwa, Florence Masaisa, Edmond Ntaganda, Jean Claude Semuto Ngabonziza, Jeroen Schouten

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DOI: 10.1186/s13756-026-01771-2
Published: 2026-08-17
Container: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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@article{allodium:10.1186/s13756-026-01771-2,
  title = {Antimicrobial stewardship in practice: determinants of prescription behaviour and developing interventions to improve surgical prophylaxis in a Rwandan tertiary hospital—a mixed methods study using the behaviour change wheel},
  author = {Caroline Theunissen and Marie Fidèle Muremba and Leopold Bitunguhari and Sibyl Anthierens and Acsa Igizeneza and Ralph Huits and Emmanuel Bottieau and Gloria Cristina Cordoba and Félix De Bièvre and Innocent Hahirwa and Florence Masaisa and Edmond Ntaganda and Jean Claude Semuto Ngabonziza and Jeroen Schouten},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Antimicrobial Resistance \&amp; Infection Control},
  doi = {10.1186/s13756-026-01771-2},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-026-01771-2}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Antimicrobial stewardship in practice: determinants of prescription behaviour and developing interventions to improve surgical prophylaxis in a Rwandan tertiary hospital—a mixed methods study using the behaviour change wheel
AU  - Caroline Theunissen
AU  - Marie Fidèle Muremba
AU  - Leopold Bitunguhari
AU  - Sibyl Anthierens
AU  - Acsa Igizeneza
AU  - Ralph Huits
AU  - Emmanuel Bottieau
AU  - Gloria Cristina Cordoba
AU  - Félix De Bièvre
AU  - Innocent Hahirwa
AU  - Florence Masaisa
AU  - Edmond Ntaganda
AU  - Jean Claude Semuto Ngabonziza
AU  - Jeroen Schouten
PY  - 2026
JO  - Antimicrobial Resistance &amp; Infection Control
DO  - 10.1186/s13756-026-01771-2
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Theunissen, C., Muremba, M. F., Bitunguhari, L., Anthierens, S., Igizeneza, A., Huits, R., Bottieau, E., Cordoba, G. C., Bièvre, F. D., Hahirwa, I., Masaisa, F., Ntaganda, E., Ngabonziza, J. C. S., & Schouten, J. (2026). Antimicrobial stewardship in practice: determinants of prescription behaviour and developing interventions to improve surgical prophylaxis in a Rwandan tertiary hospital—a mixed methods study using the behaviour change wheel. Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-026-01771-2

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