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Table 1 Concordance per checklist item

From: The antibiotic checklist: an observational study of the discrepancy between reported and actually performed checklist items

Checklist item

Both YESa

(% of all answers for this checklist item)

Both NOa

(% of all answers for this checklist item)

YES reported, NOT actually performeda

(% of all answers for this checklist item)

NO reported, YES actually performeda

(% of all answers for this checklist item)

Total number of answers for this checklist itema

Blood cultures

784 (65.2)

228 (19.0)

128 (10.6)

62 (5.2)

1202 (100)

Cultures from suspected site of infection

571 (47.9)

417 (35.0)

173 (14.5)

30 (2.5)

1191 (100)

Guideline adherence

483 (40.4)

116 (9.7)

540 (45.1)

58 (4.8)

1197 (100)

Adapt dose to renal function

66 (5.7)

841 (72.9)

223 (19.3)

24 (2.1)

1154 (100)

Documentation of indication

1076 (90.4)

3 (0.3)

106 (8.9)

5 (0.4)

1190 (100)

Adapt therapy when cultures become available

126 (12.8)

556 (56.5)

253 (25.7)

49 (5.0)

984 (100)

IV-oral switch

286 (29.7)

440 (45.7)

205 (21.3)

32 (3.3)

963 (100)

  1. anumbers are N (%)