TABLE 1-A1.

Antibiotic therapy based on clinical indications.

Clinical indications	Baseline stage number of prescription (%)						ASP stage number of prescription (%)
	Vascular ward		General ward		Total of both wards		Vascular ward		General ward		Total of both wards
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Empiric	58	56.31	186	54.71	244	55.08	82	56.94	158	53.02	240	54.30
Prophylaxis	32	31.07	95	27.94	127	28.67	37	25.69	60	20.13	97	21.95
Targeted	12	11.65	55	16.18	67	15.12	25	17.37	63	21.15	88	19.90
Prokinetic	1	0.97	4	1.17	5	1.13	0	0.00	17	5.70	17	3.85
Total	103	100.00	340	100.00	443	100.00	144	100.00	298	100.00	442	100.00

ASP, antibiotic stewardship programmes.