A suggested intervention is to adapt the recommendation to current practice, i.e. not using dipslides in out of hours services, which is more consistent with guidelines in other countries [ 4].
In countries such as South Africa, Nepal, Germany and Sweden, governments and civil society groups adapted the recommendations to their national contexts through dialogue processes.
Adapting the recommendations to the local context and intended target audience (that is, primary care physicians and their teams) and understanding potential barriers to uptake of these new recommendations can be greatly assisted through the inclusion of various stake-holder groups in the planning and execution process.
We adapted the recommendations of studies [ 35, 38, 39] to determine a cut-off value of WC to diagnose VO because these studies provide the latest in a series of ethnically specific cut-off points associated with the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and metabolic risk factors in Korean men and women.
Where applicable, ICUs were encouraged to adapt the guideline recommendations to their local context (for example, incorporation into bedside algorithms, Computer Patient Order Entry systems, local policy documents, and so forth).
Finally, it was suggested to adapt the guideline recommendation to current practice, by not recommending the use of dipslides in out of hour services.
This table illustrates the need to adapt the recent IDF recommendations for mastitis nomenclature [ 3].
The PERCH Core Team and the site investigators adapted the final recommendations of the PMWG to the study's protocol [ 2].
Although the implementation of treatment pathways faces similar problems as the implementation of guidelines [ 21, 22], pathways are supposed to possess higher implementation chances by adapting the guideline recommendations to local conditions [ 23, 24].
