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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

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-026-01771-2

Published Online: 2026-08-17

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Authors

Theunissen, Caroline

Muremba, Marie Fidèle

Bitunguhari, Leopold

Anthierens, Sibyl

Igizeneza, Acsa

Huits, Ralph

Bottieau, Emmanuel

Cordoba, Gloria Cristina

De Bièvre, Félix

Hahirwa, Innocent

Masaisa, Florence

Ntaganda, Edmond

Ngabonziza, Jean Claude Semuto

Schouten, Jeroen
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Article History

Received: 18 November 2025

Accepted: 23 May 2026

First Online: 17 August 2026

Declarations

Ethics approval and consent to participate: The study was ethically cleared by the IRB of CHUK (EC/CHUK/156/2024). Informed consent was tailored for each category of participant and orally agreed upon by both the data collector and the participant prior to the start of the discussions. Audio recordings were made only after explicit permission was granted.

Consent for publication: Not applicable.

Competing interests: The authors declare that they have no competing interests

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