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Table 3 A summary of categories and subcategories making up the theme “Conflict between reality and adherence to protocols and commonly agreed praxis”

From: “Reality rarely looks like the guidelines”: a qualitative study of the challenges hospital-based physicians encounter in war wound management

Theme

Category

Sub-category

Conflict between reality and adherence to protocols and commonly agreed praxis

Adherence to protocols and commonly agreed praxis

Surgical interventions

Dressing routines

Antibiotic use

Wound assessment and treatment of infection

Inability to adhere to protocols

Lack of medication or equipment

Lack of space

Patient and caregiver behaviour

Deviations from protocols due to uncertainty or due to deliberate decisions

Mixed messages due to a high turnover of expatriates

Lack of consensus on hygiene routines

Deliberate antibiotic prescription deviations

Deliberate hygiene routine deviations