Implementation Toolkits
Do you want to implement IMAGINE in your organisation?
There are several ways to bring IMAGINE into your daily practice. Whether your priority is to improve infection diagnosis and optimise antibiotic use, strengthen infection prevention and control (IPC) activities, or work on both areas, IMAGINE can help you to do it.
Choose the toolbox that fits your time, focus, and goals
IMAGINE aims to optimise antibiotic use by acting on:
- Reducing the incidence of infections through enhancement of IPC activities
- Improving infection diagnosis and antibiotic prescribing in everyday practice
To help you reach these goals, IMAGINE offers clear, practical, and evidence-based guidance that strengthens everyday practice and refreshes key best-practice principles.
Whether you want to adopt a few targeted tools or implement the entire project cycle, you can tailor IMAGINE to your organisation’s needs.
3 different approaches
Toolbox 1: Looking for a short and focused approach?
You can start with selected IMAGINE tools—such as the UTI diagnostic algorithm, the hygiene training checklist for new staff, or posters promoting appropriate glove use.
These resources are quick to implement and help reinforce key behaviours and decision-making in a simple, practical way.
Toolbox 2: Looking for a deeper approach?
If you want to go beyond training materials, you can also use our data collection templates. Recording real cases in your organisation will help you:
- Understand how IPC measures are actually applied in day-to-day practice
- Visualise the types of infections occurring—especially urinary tract infections
- Identify strengths as well as areas that would benefit from improvement
This intermediate level is perfect for teams who want to understand their starting point and reflect on where improvement can be made.
Toolbox 3: Want to evaluate whether these measures are truly making a difference?
The Full Toolbox includes the entire project cycle:
- Baseline case recording
- Training of healthcare professionals using IMAGINE tools
- Follow-up case recording
By comparing both phases, you will be able to identify which areas have improved and which ones may still require attention. This is the most comprehensive version of IMAGINE—perfect for organisations committed to sustained, measurable quality improvement.
Project Tools
How to Implement IMAGINE
All the materials you need are available in the Tools section of our website, where you’ll find every resource developed for IMAGINE.
You will also find templates to help you record cases within your organisation, including:
- IPC Observation Chart
We recommend that one staff member observes another while they carry out routine tasks, and then switch roles. Aim to gather 3–4 observations per professional and involve the entire team. This provides a realistic picture of how IPC measures are applied in daily practice.
- Treated Antibiotic Infections Template
For this template, it is useful for 3–4 designated professionals to take responsibility for documenting all treated infections over a defined period (in IMAGINE, we used 3 months). This allows you to identify the types of infections present, the antibiotics prescribed, and key diagnostic details—especially regarding UTIs.
Our Full Implementation Cycle
The IMAGINE cycle consists of:
- Initial data-collection period to establish the organisation’s baseline.
- Training and implementation phase, where teams apply and integrate the IMAGINE tools.
- A second data-collection period the following year, during the same months, enabling comparison and measurement of progress.
Need Support?
If you’d like to implement IMAGINE in your organisation and need further guidance—or if you require the tools in another language—please contact us: