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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of hospital and physicians participating in the study

From: Physicians’ knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions concerning antibiotic resistance: a survey in a Ghanaian tertiary care hospital

Hospital characteristics

Description

Number of respondents

Percentage

Type of hospital

2000 bed university public teaching hospital

159

Prevalence of infections caused by ESBL-producers [24]

Data retrieved  from a cross-sectional study

350

44.3

Prevalence of MRSA infections [31]

Data retrieved from a cross-sectional study

 

3.0

Prevalence of CRE infections

Data not published

250

0.3

Prevalence of VRE infections

Data not published

100

0

Availability of local antibiotic guidelines

No

  

Availability of drug and therapeutic committee

Yes

Access to microbiologist advice

Yes. Mainly through request for clinical consultation, but also some advice by phone; only during working hours

Access to clinical pharmacists advice in KBTH

Yes. Mainly through request for clinical consultation, but also some advice by phone; only during working hours

Access to computer-based prescription

No

  

Hospital departments

Surgery

26

16.35

Genitourinary

4

2.51

Medical

45

28.30

Obstetrician and Gynecology

25

15.71

Orthopedics

5

3.14

Paediatrics

37

23.27

Other departmentb

17

10.69

Number of physicians surveyed

Of all levels of expertise and training

159

79.50

Age of study participants (mean ± SD)a

159

32.11 ± 6.52 years

Gender of physicians surveyed

Male

93

58.49

Female

63

39.6

Level of training among study participants

House officers

64

40.25

Medical officers/residents

52

32.70

Senior residents/specialists

33

20.75

Senior specialists /consultants

10

6.28

Years of practice among study participants

< 1 year

60

37.77

1–2 years

6

3.77

3–5 years

19

11.90

> 5 years

74

46.54

  1. VRE vancomycin resistant enterococci, CRE carbapenem resistant enterococci, ESBL extended-spectrum beta-lactamases, MRSA methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus
  2. aSD, standard deviation
  3. bOthers include polyclinic (n = 1), neurosurgery (n = 1), not stated (n = 15)