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Table 1 Overview of prescribing from baseline PPS (May 2009) and follow up PPS (September 2011)

From: From intermittent antibiotic point prevalence surveys to quality improvement: experience in Scottish hospitals

Measure

Baseline PPS (May 2009)

Follow up PPS

(Sept 2011)

Scotland acute hospitals

Europe

Odds ratio (p value)

Scotland acute hospitals

Number of patients surveyed

7,573

73,060

 

11,604

Number of patients (%) prescribed antimicrobials

2,289 (30.2%)

21,197 (29.0%)

1.06 (0.03)

3,728 (32.3%)

Number of patients (%) prescribed single antimicrobial

1,432 (62.6%)

14,403 (67.9%)

0.79 (<0.001)

2,268 (60.8%)

Number of prescriptions (%) for parenteral antimicrobials

1,731 (51.8%)

17,947 (60.5%)

0.7 (<0.001)

2,147 (47.8%)

Number of prescriptions (%) with indication recorded in notes

2,538 (75.9%)

22,456 (75.7%)

1.01 (0.78)

3,811 (86.8%)

Number of prescriptions (%) compliant with local policy

1939 (81.0%)

17,223 (82.5%)

0.90 (0.06)

2,245 (82.8%)

Number of surgical prophylaxis prescriptions (%) with duration single dose

146 (49.3%)

927 (27.0%)

2.92 (<0.001)

287 (59.5%)

Number of surgical prophylaxis prescriptions (%) with Duration = 1 day

57 (19.3%)

723 (21.1%)

0.85 (0.27)

81 (16.8%)

Number of surgical prophylaxis prescriptions (%) with duration >1 day

93 (31.4%)

1783 (51.9%)

0.41 (<0.001)

114 (23.7%)