Table 1.

Patient inclusion and exclusion criteria for point prevalence survey

Level	Inclusion	Exclusion
Ward	All acute care inpatient wards in the hospitals.	Long-term care wards, Emergency departments (except for wards attached to be monitored for more than 24 h), Day surgery and Day care wards.
Patients	Hospitalized patient already admitted in the ward as at 08:00 am on day of survey whether receiving antibiotic treatment or not.	Patients admitted after 08:00 am on day of survey, all Day care patients.
Antibiotics	Only antibiotics included in ANNEX XI of the WHO protocol administered by oral, parenteral, rectal or inhalation routes were included, antibiotic initiated by 08:00 am on survey day.	Topical antibiotics, antibiotic started after 08:00 am on day of survey.