TABLE 4.

Intervention of patient’s education, preoperative rehabilitation, management of asymptomatic bacteriuria, place, and time of pre-anaesthetic evaluation

Intervention	Responses	YES (%)
Asymptomatic bacteriuria*	I never order this test in asymptomatic patients	43/145 (30%)
	I never prescribe antibiotics in such cases	21/145 (14%)
	Yes, after obtaining microbiological test results, I prescribe targeted antibiotics (based on antibiotic susceptibility test results)	34/145 (23%)
	Yes, I prescribe empiric antibiotics	10/145 (7%)
	I order a repeat urine test and if it is positive again, I prescribe targeted antibiotics (based on antibiotic susceptibility test results)	37/145 (26%)
Preoperative rehabilitation*	I do not prescribe it	79/146 (54%)
	Yes, covered by the National Health Fund (NFZ)	14/146 (10%)
	Yes, privately funded rehabilitation services	49/146 (34%)
Preoperative education*	No, I never use it	22/146 (15%)
	Yes, during eligibility assessment	82/146 (56%)
	Yes, as a separate session/course	3/146 (2%)
	Yes, upon hospital admission	51/146 (35%)
	Yes, brochures and posters	48/146 (33%)
Location and time of pre-anaesthesia evaluation**	Upon hospital admission	166/299 (56%)
	In anaesthesia clinic prior to hospital admission	53/299 (18%)
	Preliminary assessment in anaesthesia clinic prior to hospital admission, final assessment upon admission to the orthopaedics department	80/299 (27%)

^*Responses from orthopaedists. ^**Responses from anaesthesiologists.