Table 1.
Participants’ professional profile and working setting (304 participants)
| Characteristics | N (%) |
|---|---|
| WHO Region classification | |
| European Region | 198 (65.1) |
| Region of the Americas | 29 (9.5) |
| South-East Asia Region | 25 (8.2) |
| Easter Mediterranean Region | 23 (7.6) |
| Africa Region | 20 (6.6) |
| Western Pacific Region | 9 (3.0) |
| Profession | |
| Surgeon | 216 (71.1) |
| Infection diseases specialist | 29 (9.5) |
| Infection control specialist | 16 (5.3) |
| Intensivist or anaesthesiologist | 14 (4.6) |
| Microbiologist | 11 (3.6) |
| Epidemiologist or PH specialist | 9 (3.0) |
| Other profession | 9 (3.0) |
| Years of experience | |
| Less than 5 years | 56 (18.4) |
| 5–10 years | 62 (20.4) |
| 11–15 years | 54 (17.8) |
| 16–20 years | 38 (12.5) |
| More than 20 years | 94 (30.9) |
| Type of hospital | |
| University hospital | 190 (62.5) |
| Community teaching hospital | 62 (20.4) |
| Community hospital | 43 (14.1) |
| Other | 9 (3.0) |
| Hospital setting | |
| Urban | 272 (89.5) |
| Suburban | 25 (8.2) |
| Rural | 7 (2.3) |
| Hospital inpatient beds | |
| ≤ 100 | 10 (3.3) |
| 101–500 | 109 (35.9) |
| 501–1000 | 106 (34.9) |
| ≥ 1000 | 79 (26.0) |
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