Table 1 Surveyed surgeons’ working setting and professional profile
Characteristics | N (%) |
|---|---|
WHO region classification | |
Africa Region | 35 (5.7) |
Region of the Americas | 128 (20.9) |
South-East Asia Region | 18 (2.9) |
European Region | 372 (60.8) |
Easter Mediterranean Region | 36 (5.9) |
Western Pacific Region | 23 (3.8) |
Gender | |
Male | 526 (85.9) |
Female | 86 (14.1) |
Surgeries regularly performed* | |
Abdominal | 577 (94.3) |
Cardiac surgery | 10 (1.6) |
Gynecologic | 30 (4.9) |
Neurosurgery | 4 (0.7) |
Orthopedic | 32 (5.2) |
Pediatric | 73 (11.9) |
Thoracic | 143 (23.4) |
Urological | 41 (6.7) |
Vascular | 74 (12.1) |
Other | 58 (9.5) |
Years of experience | |
Less than 10 years | 126 (20.6) |
10–20 years | 210 (34.3) |
21–30 years | 155 (25.3) |
More than 30 years | 121 (19.8) |
Type of hospital | |
University hospital | 395 (64.5) |
Community teaching hospital | 133 (21.7) |
Community hospital | 68 (11.1) |
Other | 16 (2.6) |
Hospital inpatient beds | |
Less than 100 | 27 (4.4) |
100–500 | 225 (36.8) |
501–1000 | 247 (40.4) |
More than 1000 | 107 (17.5) |
Unsure | 6 (1.0) |
Hospital with antimicrobial stewardship team | |
Yes | 448 (73.2) |
No | 139 (22.7) |
Unsure | 25 (4.1) |
Local GLs for therapy of infections implemented | |
Yes | 465 (76.0) |
No | 137 (22.4) |
Unsure | 10 (1.6) |
Reports on local AMR data periodically received | |
Yes | 406 (66.3) |
No | 177 (28.9) |
Unsure | 29 (4.7) |