Table 4.
Reasons | Elective | Trauma |
Clostridium difficile | 48 (54.5%) | 56 (56.0%) |
Reduce use of cephalosporins | 10 (11.4%) | 10 (10.0%) |
Microbiology advice | 7 (8.0%) | 8 (8.0%) |
Antibiotic policy review | 6 (6.8%) | 6 (6.0%) |
Unsure why changed | 5 (5.7%) | 7 (7.0%) |
Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network | 3 (3.4%) | 5 (5.0%) |
Supply shortages | 2 (2.3%) | 1 (1.0%) |
Surveillance/resistance patterns | 2 (2.3%) | 1 (1.0%) |
Department of Health advice | 1 (1.1%) | 2 (2.0%) |
Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus | 1 (1.1%) | 1 (1.0%) |
New regime started | 1 (1.1%) | 1 (1.0%) |
Trust board advice | 1 (1.1%) | 1 (1.0%) |
Reduce spectrum of coverage | 1 (1.1%) | – |
Ease of use | – | 1 (1.0%) |
Total responses | 88 | 100 |