Table 1 Respondent demographics
From: International survey of antibiotic dosing and monitoring in adult intensive care units
Characteristic | n (%) |
|---|---|
Position (n = 534) | |
Physicians | 377 (71) |
 Physician in training (ICU) | 69 (13) |
 Physician in training (ID) | 31 (6) |
 Specialist in intensive care medicine | 187 (35) |
 Specialist in infectious diseases | 30 (6) |
 Other | 59 (11) |
Pharmacists | 153 (29) |
 ICU pharmacist | 96 (18) |
 ID pharmacist | 20 (4) |
 AMS pharmacist | 28 (5) |
 Other | 9 (2) |
Others | 4 (1) |
Experience in ICU (n = 533) | |
< 5 years | 258 (48) |
5–10 years | 131 (25) |
> 10 years | 144 (27) |
Type of hospital (n = 529) | |
General | 188 (36) |
Rural | 13 (2) |
University | 199 (38) |
University affiliated | 123 (23) |
Other | 6 (1) |
ICU type (n = 528) | |
Cardiac | 9 (2) |
Medical | 99 (19) |
Medical-surgical | 342 (65) |
Surgical | 48 (9) |
Other | 30 (6) |
Open or closed ICU* (n = 532) | |
Closed | 339 (64) |
Open | 193 (37) |
Access to either national or institutional guidelines for antibiotic dosing? (n = 534) | |
Yes | 407 (76) |
No | 127 (24) |
Access to guidelines for TDM application, interpretation and dose adjustment? (n = 534) | |
Yes | 260 (49) |
No | 274 (51) |