Table 2.

Healthcare workers’ selection of top interventions impacting on antimicrobial resistance (n = 283, 1415 total responses)

Interventions most frequently chosen as having the greatest impact on antimicrobial resistance	Total number of responses a [n (%)]
Education on antimicrobial therapy to medical, pharmacy staff, and nursing staff	240 (17.0)
Active involvement of hospital infection prevention and control team	177 (12.5)
Greater involvement of nursing staff in antimicrobial stewardship	168 (11.9)
Implementation of prospective audit and feedback (multidisciplinary rounds on appropriate prescribing and use of antimicrobials)	154 (10.9)
Development of institutional guidelines for empiric antimicrobial use	143 (10.1)

^a Respondents selected 5 interventions from 11 options resulting in 1415 responses.