TABLE 7.
Attitude towards eradicating antimicrobial resistance.
| Question | Strongly agree; strongly disagree. N (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SA | A | N | D | SD | |
| Educating healthcare professional in terms of appropriate antibiotic prescribing | 145 (35.3) | 75 (18.2) | 189 (46.0) | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.2) |
| Formal teaching on proper usage of antimicrobial agents among health care students | 111 (27.0) | 279 (67.9) | 15 (3.6) | 6 (1.5) | 0 (0.0) |
| Implementing antimicrobial stewardships programs | 111 (27.0) | 91 (22.1) | 202 (49.1) | 5 (1.2) | 2 (0.5) |
| Rationalizing antimicrobial use in veterinary sector | 89 (21.7) | 269 (65.5) | 45 (10.9) | 5 (1.2) | 3 (0.7) |
| Improving diagnostic facilities | 128 (31.1) | 88 (21.4) | 186 (45.3) | 5 (1.2) | 4 (1.0) |
| Development of institutional standard treatment guidelines | 123 (29.9) | 265 (64.5) | 13 (3.2) | 5 (1.2) | 5 (1.2) |
| Prescribing antibiotics over the phone | 35 (8.5) | 74 (18.0) | 231 (56.2) | 38 (9.2) | 33 (8.0) |
| Patient should be advised not to keep part of the antibiotic course for another occasion | 94 (22.9) | 266 (64.7) | 32 (7.8) | 9 (2.2) | 10 (2.4) |
| Pharmacists should be discouraged to dispense antibiotics to meet the patients demands | 99 (24.1) | 92 (22.4) | 203 (49.4) | 11 (2.7) | 6 (1.5) |
| Self-medication with antibiotics in community should be discouraged | 133 (32.4) | 253 (61.6) | 16 (3.9) | 8 (1.9) | 1 (0.2) |
SA, strongly agree; A, agree; N, neutral; D, disagree; SD, strongly disagree.