Targeted outreach activities
INFECTIOUS DISEASE, RECRUITMENT
To optimize awareness of the embedded pathways at participating sites to optimize both pathway adherence and study awareness to promote recruitment, we will conduct knowledge dissemination activities aimed at the following groups:Physicians (particularly pediatricians, hospitalists, emergency physicians, nephrologists, gastroenterologists, infectious disease) and nurses at the participating center. These strategies will include emails, lectures, seminars, section/department meetings, creation of order sets, and clinical care guidelines.Physicians providing primary care, hospital-based care, and emergency department care in the institution catchment area—through emails, lectures, seminars, section/department meetings, and the sharing of order sets and clinical care guidelines.Medical microbiology laboratories—through direct communication with laboratory directors to optimize diagnostic testing approaches and mechanisms to become notified of positive test results.