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frailty common hospitalised older people clinical practice guidelines management frailty provide recommendations identification management however adoption practice hospitals limited study identified quantified evidencepractice gap frailty guidelines clinical practice two hospitals using audit tool crosssectional audit medical records frail older patients admitted two hospitals conducted data collected using audit tool based asia pacific clinical practice guidelines frailty management data analysed using descriptive statistics interrater reliability tool assessed auditing n 70 electronic medical records showed assessment frailty acute setting regularly occur 17 participants received guidelinerecommended interventions physiotherapy treatment limited 23 participants receiving progressive resistance strength training gaps exist provision nutritional supplementation 26 limited recordings weight admission 10 participants pharmacy review medications consistently documented admission 84 discharge 93 vitamin prescribed 57 participants interrater reliability showed high level agreement using audit tool audit tool feasible assess frailty evidencepractice gaps hospital setting understanding contextual barriers needed inform implementation strategies dedicated staffing education training ongoing audit practice cycles uptake frailty guidelines hospital settings