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Table 2.

Reported source of antibiotic prescribing formularies/prescribing guidance used by survey respondents (N = 352)

Source of antibiotic formulary	Number using source^b
Primary Care Trust^a	269
British National Formulary	46
Local area prescribing committee	17
Practice formulary	13
Local NHS Microbiology department	6
NHS Hospital/Trust	4
Health Protection Agency (now part of Public Health England)	3
NICE	1

^aOn April 2013, PCTs were replaced by Clinical Commissioning Groups

^bNote some respondents mentioned more than one source