Table 4 Physicians’ and nurses’ beliefs on potential intervention to combat AMR
Variables | Very useful | Useful | Not useful | Not sure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Antimicrobial usage policy | Physicians | 26.4 | 40 | 18.2 | 15.4 |
Nurses | 30.0 | 36.8 | 20.5 | 10.5 | |
Total | 28.2 | 38.4 | 19.4 | 13 | |
Reduction of antibiotic use for outpatient setting | Physicians | 15.3 | 59.4 | 18.8 | 5.9 |
Nurses | 33.3 | 47.0 | 12.6 | 7.3 | |
Total | 24.2 | 53.2 | 31.4 | 6.6 | |
Establish national AMR surveillance | Physicians | 66.4 | 31.7 | 1.1 | 0.6 |
Nurses | 56.8 | 37.3 | 3.6 | 2.1 | |
Total | 61.6 | 34.5 | 2.5 | 1.3 | |
Establish hospital infection control committee | Physicians | 54.7 | 42.3 | 2.3 | 0.6 |
Nurses | 55.3 | 42.2 | 0 | 2.4 | |
Total | 55.0 | 42.2 | 2.3 | 3 | |
Develop institutional guideline for antimicrobial use | Physicians | 73.0 | 25.8 | 1.1 | 0 |
Nurses | 63.1 | 31.5 | 0 | 5.2 | |
Total | 68.0 | 28.6 | 1.1 | 5.2 | |
Education on antimicrobial therapy for prescribers | Physicians | 68.8 | 28.8 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
Nurses | 53.6 | 40.5 | 3.6 | 2.1 | |
Total | 61.2 | 34.6 | 2.3 | 1.6 | |
Establish microbiology diagnostic services | Physicians | 67.6 | 24.1 | 0 | 4.7 |
Nurses | 57.3 | 33.1 | 0 | 9.4 | |
| Â | Total | 62.4 | 28.6 | 0 | 7.0 |