Table 2.

The level of awareness and implementation of antimicrobial stewardship activities.

Characteristic		Frequency	Percent
Awareness of presence of AMR in Tanzania
	Yes	39	100.0
	No	0	0
Awareness of presence of The NAP on AMR 2017–2022 in Tanzania
	No	13	33.3
	Yes	26	66.7
Presence of an ASP committee on AMR in the facility
	No	25	64.1
	Yes	14	35.9
Does the AMR committee have either of the following?*
	Medical doctor	9	23.1
	Pharmacist	10	25.6
	Medical laboratory scientist	8	20.5
	Pharmacologist	1	2.6
	Microbiologist	4	10.3
	Nurse	6	15.4
	Environmental scientist	3	7.7
	Pathologist	1	2.6
AMR awareness and education to health workers at the facility
	No	12	30.8
	Yes	27	69.2
Presence of Antimicrobial resistance levels/surveillance report at
your facility
	No	32	82.1
	Yes	7	17.9
Organisms under AMR surveillance at your facility*
	Escherichia coli	6	15.4
	Staphylococcus aureus	4	10.3
	Klebsiella pneumonia	3	7.7
	Acinetobacter baumannii	0	0.0
	Pseudomonas aeruginosa	2	5.1
	Enterococci species	1	2.6
	Clostridium dificcile	1	2.6
	Candida species	1	2.6
Presence of a software to record antimicrobial susceptibility results
	No	30	76.9
	Yes	9	23.1
Presence of any antimicrobial use report in the facility
	No	30	76.9
	Yes	9	23.1
Where do you share/send the feedback or report on
Antimicrobial use?*
	District medical officer	5	12.8
	Regional medical officer	2	5.1
	Ministry of health	2	5.1
	Health care providers at the health center	1	2.6
	Medical director of the hospital	1	2.6
	Therapeutic committee	1	2.6

^*, Multiple responses were available for the question; ASP, antimicrobial stewardship program; AMR, antimicrobial resistance; NAP, national action plan.