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. 2011 Mar 14;11:62. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-62

Table 4.

Requesting physicians' free comments to the survey.

Item Frequency (n)
Suggestions
 Recommendations should be given directly by the board-certified infectious disease specialist 7
 The traceability of recommendations should be improved 3
 Other specialists should develop hotline consultations 1
 Teaching sessions should be performed on frequently asked questions 1
 Guidelines should be published on the hospital's computer network 1
Positive comments
 Infectious disease consultation perfect, practical, or essential 7
 Infectious disease specialist can hospitalize the patient in the infectious disease care unit if necessary 1
Negative comments
 The effort in self-training is reduced by facility of access 2
 Recommendations are excessively standardized given that the patient is not examined 2
 Computerized guidelines are not used 1
 There are contradictions between board-certified infectious disease specialist and resident recommendations 1