Table 1 Demographics of survey respondents
N (%) | |
|---|---|
State or Territory (n = 439) | |
Victoria | 164 (37.4) |
Queensland | 82 (18.7) |
New South Wales | 56 (12.7) |
Western Australia | 47 (10.7) |
South Australia | 33 (7.5) |
Tasmania | 28 (6.3) |
Northern Territory | 19 (4.3) |
Australian Capital Territory | 10 (2.3) |
Health Service (n = 439) | |
Major city, public | 272 (61.7) |
Regional, public | 108 (24.6) |
Major city, private | 36 (8.2) |
Remote or very remote public | 13 (2.9) |
Regional, private | 10 (2.3) |
The hospital has an individual or team dedicated to the review of antimicrobials (n = 439) | |
Yes | 355 (80.9) |
No | 73 (16.6) |
I don’t know | 11 (2.5) |
Years of pharmacy registration (n = 434) | |
> 10 years | 182 (41.9) |
6 to 10 years | 113 (26.0) |
3 to 5 years | 66 (15.2) |
< = 2 years | 53 (12.2) |
Intern/pre-registration | 20 (4.6) |
Highest level of pharmacy education (n = 439) | |
Bachelor of Pharmacy | 181 (41.2) |
Postgraduate diploma | 80 (18.2) |
Postgraduate certificate | 79 (18.0) |
Postgraduate Master degree | 77 (17.5) |
Preregistration Master degree | 11 (2.5) |
PhD | 8 (1.8) |
Other (e.g. Honours) | 3 (0.7) |
Current main area of hospital practice (n = 439) | |
Working in ward/inpatient area of high antimicrobial use (e.g. intensive care unit) | 79 (18.0) |
Any other ward/inpatient area | 206 (46.9) |
Antimicrobial stewardship/infectious diseases service | 32 (7.3) |
Medication safety/Quality use of medicines service | 29 (6.6) |
Outpatient dispensary | 26 (5.9) |
Non inpatient areas (e.g. day oncology, hospital in the home [HITH]) | 17 (3.9) |
Other (e.g. manufacturing, administration, information technology) | 50 (11.4) |
Type of antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) education undertaken/received in the past 12 months (n = 439)a | |
Informal education in the workplace | 246 (56.0) |
Self-directed learning | 208 (47.4) |
Workshop or seminar | 115 (26.2) |
None | 94 (21.4) |
Web-based module/course | 94 (21.4) |
Lecture | 92 (21.0) |
Postgraduate studies (university) | 53 (12.0) |