Overview of healthcare interventions applied at Gentofte Hospital in the intervention period (March 2018–October 2018) and thereafter
| Implemented in the intervention period | Maintained after the intervention period | |
| Technical Interventions | ||
| Repeated hands-on training in tracheal suction for physicians | x | x |
| Repeated hands-on training in sputum induction by nurses | x | x |
| Non-technical interventions, educational activities | ||
| Repeated education of physicians at the relevant departments | x | |
| Repeated education of nurses at the relevant departments | x | |
| Personal feedback to physicians via email | x | |
| Non-technical interventions, educational material | ||
| Standardised PowerPoint presentations on CAP | x | |
| Regular newsletter distribution | x | |
| Pocket cards on CAP | x | x |
| Posters on guideline-based CAP treatment at the departments | x | x |
| Process improvements | ||
| Authorising triage nurses to order chest X-rays | x | x |
| Authorising triage nurses to order LRTS | x | x |
| MCS and PCR for atypical bacteria analysed using the same LRTS | x | x |
| CURB-65 as a standard phrase in the EHRS | x | x |
| Order sets for CAP in the EHRS | x | x |
CAP, community-acquired pneumonia; CURB-65, confusion, urea, respiratory rate, blood pressure, age ≥65; EHRS, electronic health record system; LRTS, lower respiratory tract sample; MCS, microscopy, culture, sensitivity.