TABLE 6.
Preparedness about antimicrobial stewardship activities.
| Question | Very good; very poor. N (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very Good | Good | Average | Poor | Very Poor | |
| Making accurate diagnosis of infection | 90 (21.9) | 265 (64.5) | 46 (11.2) | 9 (2.2) | 90 (21.9) |
| Interpreting pathology and microbiology results | 66 (16.1) | 108 (26.3) | 220 (53.5) | 15 (3.6) | 2 (0.5) |
| Knowing when to start antibiotics | 88 (21.4) | 257 (62.5) | 53 (12.9) | 11 (2.7) | 2 (0.5) |
| Choosing the correct antibiotic | 79 (19.2) | 91 (22.1) | 221 (53.8) | 18 (4.4) | 2 (0.5) |
| Knowledge of dosing/calculations and duration of antibiotics | 76 (18.5) | 253 (61.6) | 52 (12.7) | 23 (5.6) | 7 (1.7) |
| How to de-escalate to narrower spectrum antibiotics | 62 (15.1) | 267 (65.0) | 56 (13.6) | 18 (4.4) | 8 (1.9) |
| How and when to transition from intravenous to oral antibiotics | 74 (18.0) | 260 (63.3) | 50 (12.2) | 19 (4.6) | 8 (1.9) |
| How to interpret antibiograms | 55 (13.4) | 263 (64.0) | 54 (13.1) | 24 (5.8) | 15 (3.6) |
| Understanding spectrums of activity of antibiotics | 85 (20.7) | 86 (20.9) | 213 (51.8) | 17 (4.1) | 10 (2.4) |
| Understanding basic mechanisms of resistance of antibiotics | 90 (21.9) | 98 (23.8) | 206 (50.1) | 10 (2.4) | 7 (1.7) |