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Table 1 Antimicrobial prescriptions per point prevalence survey

From: Antimicrobial prophylaxis outside the operating theatre, an audit in a university hospital

 

Total number of prescriptions

Prophylactic prescriptions (%)

Medical prophylaxis (%)

Medical intervention prophylaxis (%)

Surgical prophylaxisa (%)

Antibiotic prescriptions

Antiviral prescriptions

Antifungal prescriptions

PPS1

229

60 (26.2%)

40 (17.5%)

5 (2.2%)

15 (6.8%)

188

21

20

PPS2

261

80 (30.7%)

67 (25.7%)

4 (1.5%)

9 (3.4%)

204

33

24

PPS3

259

81 (31.3%)

62 (23.9%)

5 (1.9%)

14 (5.4%)

210

22

27

PPS4

271

96 (35.4%)

68 (25.1%)

8 (3.0%)

20 (7.4%)

225

20

26

Total

1020

317 (31.1%)

237 (23.2%)

22 (2.2%)

58 (5.7%)

827

96

97

  1. Divided in antibiotic, antiviral and antifungal prescriptions PPS point prevalence survey. a surgical prophylaxis given on a ward