Table 3.

Proportion of Targeted Therapy Antibiotics Maintained as Initially Prescribed, Escalated, or De-escalated by Unit Type for the Study Period

	MS-ICU, n = 1735, No. (%)	Gral-Ward, n = 735, No. (%)
De-escalated	301 (17)	125 (17)
Escalated	412 (24)	107 (14)
Maintained	1022 (59)	503 (68)

Serial single-day point prevalence surveys were conducted in 41 hospitals from Guatemala, Panama, Ecuador, Colombia, and Argentina during March 2022–February 2022.

Abbreviations: Gral, general; ICU, intensive care unit; MS, medical–surgical.