Table 3 Physicians’ and nurses’ beliefs on potential intervention to control AMR (N = 47)
Intervention to control antimicrobial resistance spreading | Very useful or useful n/47 (%) | Neutral n/47 (%) | Not useful/strongly not useful n/47 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Organise training on the prescription of antibiotics | 47 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 |
Provide local/national data on the proportion of bacteria resistant to the most commonly used antibiotics | 42 (90) | 1 (2) | 4 (8) |
Provide recommendations/practice guides/local/national protocols | 47 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 |
Availability of the opinion of a bacteriologist | 44 (94) | 3 (6) | 0 |
Availability of advice from colleagues with more experience in the field | 40 (85) | 5 (11) | 2 (4) |
Availability of the opinion of an infectious disease specialist | 40 (85) | 3 (6) | 4 (9) |
Availability of the opinion of a pharmacist | 27 (57) | 13 (28) | 7 (15) |
Availability of the operational hygiene team | 27 (57) | 9 (19) | 11 (23) |
Have access to computerized prescribing assistance | 40 (85) | 5 (11) | 2 (4) |
Restrict the prescription of certain antibiotics (then requiring specialist advice) | 43 (91) | 1 (2) | 3 (6) |
Restrict the prescription of all antibiotics | 22 (47) | 7 (15) | 18 (38) |
Regularly assess the prescription of antibiotics in a department, return the information to prescribers and possibly implement actions to improve the prescription | 44 (94) | 0 (0) | 3 (6) |