We describe a modification of the most probable number (MPN) method for rapid enumeration
of antimicrobial-resistant Escherichiacoli bacteria in aqueous environmental samples. E. …

Randomised trials are a central component of all evidence-informed health care systems
and the evidence coming from them helps to support health care users, health professionals …

Background Despite the problem of inadequate recruitment to randomised trials, there is little
evidence to guide researchers on decisions about how people are effectively recruited to …

Objectives The aim of this paper is to explore the culture of antibiotic prescribing and
consumption in the community for urinary tract infections (UTI) from the perspective of the general …

Background One of the top three research priorities for the UK clinical trial community is to
address the gap in evidence-based approaches to improving participant retention in …

Background Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) can be recovered from
hospital air and from environmental surfaces. This poses a potential risk of transmission to …

… Sandra Galvin, Sinead Duane and Aoife Callan contributed to protocol and intervention …
Sandra Galvin and Sinead Duane delivered the intervention to all practices and liaised with …

How can we improve recruitment to trials? In their recently published paper, Healy et al.
outline the top 10 prioritised questions for trial recruitment research identified by the PRioRiTy …

The evidence base available to trialists to support trial process decisions—eg how best to
recruit and retain participants, how to collect data or how to share the results with participants—…

Objective To test the feasibility of undertaking a simultaneous Study Within A Trial (SWAT)
to train staff who recruit participants into surgical randomised controlled trials (RCTs), by …