Table 5.
Theme 3: The Environmental Context and Restricted Resources
| The Environmental Context and Restricted Resources | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Categories and Subcategories | % of Respondents Who Agree/Strongly Agree with Each Statement | ||
| Doctors (N=9) | Pharmacists (N=12) | Nurses (N=9) | |
| Human resources | 44.4 | 25.0 | 77.8 |
| The availability of key personnel (eg, clinical microbiologists) | |||
| Shortage of staff, especially nursing practitioners and clinicians. | |||
| Health information technology and data analysis resources | 77.8 | 58.3 | 44.4 |
| The AMS interventions are time-consuming. | |||
| Problems with data and information systems and resources to utilize it | |||
| Clinical data on the current use of antimicrobials at each institution are not available. | |||
| Lack of laboratory services | 88.9 | 75.0 | 33.3 |
| Communication from the laboratory about requests and local infection patterns | |||
| The shortage of laboratory services and materials | |||
| Receiving culture and susceptibility results in time | |||
| Limited availability of antimicrobials | 33.3 | 41.7 | 33.3 |
| Shortages in the supply of antibiotics | |||