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Table 1 CEFR language levelsa of self-sampling request letters

From: Contact investigations for antibiotic-resistant bacteria: a mixed-methods study of patients’ comprehension of and compliance with self-sampling requests post-discharge

Hospital

Number of letters

(Average) CEFR-level

Focus of letter(s)

(Median) number of pages

(Median) number of illustrations

1

2

B2

HRMO and MRSA

1

0

2

5

B1

HRMO, MDR Acinetobacter baumannii, MDR Pseudomonas aeruginosa, MRSA, and VRE

2

0

3

1

B1–B2

HRMO/MRSA

1

0

4

2

B2

HRMO and MRSA

1

0

5

0

6

1

B2

MRSA

1

0

7

3

B2

MRSA and VRE

1

0

8

1

B1–B2

MRSA

1

0

Total

15

  1. aCEFR language levels: basic (A1–A2), independent (B1–B2), and proficient users (C1–C2). HRMO highly-resistant microorganism, MRSA methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, MDR multidrug-resistant, VRE vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium