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Table 7 Antibiotic administration practices from 2018 to 2020

From: Effect of the “Normalized Epidemic Prevention and Control Requirements” on hospital-acquired and community-acquired infections in China

Year

Overall (%)

Culture before use (%)

Average days (IQR)

2018

27.08

51.71

6 (3, 9)

2019

26.26

59.28

5 (2, 8)

2020

22.83

62.70

4 (2, 7)

χ2

326.538

406.463

600.335

P

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

  1. ‘Overall’ is the percentage of all inpatients who received an antibiotic during a single year; ‘Culture before use’ is the percentage of antibiotic users who had cultures taken before use; ‘Average days’ is the average duration of use among antibiotic users. IQR, interquartile range
  2. Bold values mean P values are significant