TABLE 4.

Frequency of top 10 antibiotic prescribed over a 10-month period in the general and vascular surgical wards.

Name of antibiotics	Number of prescriptions (%) at baseline stage		Number of prescriptions (%) at ASP stage		Difference in number (%) of prescriptions issued
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid	233	52.59	149	33.71	↑ 84	18.88
Piperacillin/tazobactam	72	16.26	115	26.02	↓ –43	−9.76
Cefazolin	36	8.13	31	7.21	↑ 5	0.92
Metronidazole	20	4.52	18	4.07	↑ 2	0.45
Fluconazole	13	2.93	19	4.29	↓ –6	−1.36
Vancomycin	10	2.26	6	1.39	↑ 4	0.87
Cloxacillin	7	1.58	3	0.68	↑ 4	0.90
Imipenem	7	1.58	8	1.81	↓ –1	−0.23
Ciprofloxacin	6	1.35	13	2.72	↓ –7	−1.37
Ertapenem	2	0.45	18	4.07	↓ –16	−3.62
Others	37	8.35	62	14.03	↓ –25	−5.68
Total	443	100.00	442	100.00	-	-

ASP, antibiotic stewardship programmes.