Table 1 Participants’ working settings and professional profiles
Characteristics | African region n = 8 | Eastern- Mediterranean region n = 13 | European region n = 67 | Region of Americas n = 47 | South-East Asia region n = 8 | Western Pacific region n = 15 | Total n = 158 |
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Type of hospital, n (%) | |||||||
- University hospital | 5 (62.5) | 6 (46.1) | 50 (74.6) | 35 (74.5) | 6 (75.0) | 12 (80.0) | 114 (72.1) |
- Community teaching hospital | 2 (25.0) | 3 (23.1) | 14 (20.9) | 9 (19.1) | 1 (12.5) | 1 (6.7) | 30 (19.0) |
- Community hospital | 0 | 2 (15.4) | 3 (4.5) | 1 (2.1) | 1 (12.5) | 2 (13.3) | 9 (5.7) |
- Other | 1 (12.5) | 2 (15.4) | 0 | 2 (4.3) | 0 | 0 | 5 (3.2) |
Hospital setting, n (%) | |||||||
- Urban | 5 (62.5) | 10 (76.9) | 65 (97.0) | 44 (93.6) | 6 (75.0) | 14 (93.3) | 144 (91.1) |
- Suburban | 3 (37.5) | 3 (23.1) | 2 (3.0) | 1 (2.1) | 2 (25.0) | 0 | 11 (7.0) |
- Rural | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (4.3) | 0 | 1 (6.7) | 3 (1.9) |
Hospital inpatient beds, n (%) | |||||||
- ≤100 | 0 | 2 (15.4) | 3 (4.5) | 1 (2.1) | 0 | 0 | 6 (3.8) |
- 101–500 | 3 (37.5) | 5 (38.5) | 15 (22.4) | 10 (21.3) | 2 (25.0) | 3 (20.0) | 38 (24.1) |
- 501–1000 | 3 (37.5) | 5 (38.5) | 27 (40.3) | 28 (59.6) | 3 (37.5) | 1 (6.7) | 67 (42.4) |
- ≥ 1000 | 2 (25.0) | 1 (7.7) | 22 (32.8) | 8 (17.0) | 3 (37.5) | 11 (73.3) | 47 (29.7) |
Profession, n (%) | |||||||
Epidemiologist | 1 (12.5) | 0 | 2 (3.0) | 1 (2.1) | 0 | 0 | 4 (2.5) |
Hospital administrator | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical pharmacologist | 0 | 1 (7.7) | 0 | 4 (8.5) | 1(12.5) | 1 (6.7) | 7 (4.4) |
Hospital pharmacist | 0 | 0 | 1 (1.5) | 1 (2.1) | 1 (12.5) | 1 (6.7) | 4 (2.5) |
Infection control specialist | 0 | 0 | 1 (1.5) | 1 (2.1) | 0 | 0 | 2 (1.3) |
Infectious diseases specialist | 0 | 4 (30.8) | 10 (14.9) | 10 (21.3) | 0 | 5 (33.3) | 29 (18.4) |
Intensivist | 1 (12.5) | 0 | 5 (7.5) | 2 (4.3) | 0 | 1 (6.7) | 9 (5.7) |
Microbiologist | 3 (37.5) | 3 (23.1) | 1 (1.5) | 1 (2.1) | 3 (37.5) | 0 | 11 (7.0) |
Surgeon | 3 (37.5) | 5 (38.5) | 44 (65.7) | 24 (51.1) | 3 (37.5) | 6 (40.0) | 85 (53.8) |
Other | 0 | 0 | 3 (4.5) | 3 (6.4) | 0 | 1 (6.7) | 7 (4.4) |