Patients were managed by a multi-disciplinary specialist team including a physician, microbiologist, antibiotic pharmacist, infection control nurse and physiotherapists.
The establishment of a multi-disciplinary specialist team bearing full treatment and follow-up responsibility is fundamental for the safety of the intervention.
This study highlights the benefits of establishing a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary collaborative specialist clinic to support women who experience SPT and associated morbidities, with the aim of providing comprehensive physiological and psychological support.
It has been suggested that multi-disciplinary collaborative specialist clinics are required for women who sustain SPT, with the aim of providing comprehensive physiological and psychological support within the one facility [ 50- 53].
This study highlights the benefits of establishing multi-disciplinary collaborative specialist clinics to support women who experience SPT and associated morbidities, with the aim of providing comprehensive physiological and psychological support.
When formalized, this role is commonly performed by a multi-disciplinary group of specialist, often referred to as a Data Monitoring Committee (DMC), which makes recommendations to those in charge of the overall management of the trial, often referred to as the Trial Steering Committee TSCC).
"A multi-disciplinary team of specialists is taking care of her and doing everything possible to stabilize her condition," he said.
"A multi-disciplinary team of specialists has been working tirelessly to treat her since her arrival, and is doing everything possible to stabilize her condition over the next few days".
On the other hand, other specialists favoured a multi-disciplinary (multi-specialty) outpatient clinic as this would be in the best interests of the patient.
HL helped to conceive and design the study, conducted individual interviews with patients, medical and nurse specialists and GPs and focus groups with patients and specialist multi-disciplinary team members, contributed to the data analysis and helped draft the manuscript.
Patients were managed by a specialist multi-disciplinary team including orthopaedic surgeons and infectious diseases physicians.
