Medical | Surgical | ||||||
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Group | Antrim Area Hospital (239 antibiotic prescriptions); n (%) | Specialty Hospital (65 antibiotic prescriptions); n (%) | p value | Antrim Area Hospital (66 antibiotic prescriptions); n (%) | Specialty Hospital (56 antibiotic prescriptions); n (%) | p value | |
Compliance with guidelines (% of prescribed antibiotics) | Compliant | 172/239 (72.0%) | 59/64 (92.2%) | < 0.001 | 54/66 (81.8%) | 51/55 (92.7%) | 0.012 |
Not compliant | 45/239 (18.8%) | 1/64 (1.6%) | 10/66 (15.2%) | 0 | |||
Non assessable | 22/239 (9.2%) | 4/64 (6.3%) | 2/66 (3.0%) | 4/55 (7.3%) | |||
No information | 0 | 1/65 (1.5%) | 0 | 1/56 (1.8%) | |||
Reason for prescribing antibiotic is documented | 225 (94.1%) | 65 (100%) | 0.046 | 55 (83.3%) | 55 (98.2%) | 0.006 | |
Stop/review date is documented | 125 (52.3%) | 31 (47.7%) | 0.510 | 32 (48.5%) | 36 (64.3%) | 0.080 | |
Treatment based on biomarker data (e.g., C reactive protein) | 168 (70.3%) | 35 (53.8%) | 0.001 | 28 (42.4%) | 16 (28.6%) | 0.112 |