Index | Definition | Calculation formula |
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Request rate of non restricted antimicrobial (NR) | The proportion of clinicians requesting microbiological laboratory diagnostic tests before prescribing non restricted antimicrobial | The number of clinicians requesting microbiological laboratory diagnostic tests before prescribing non restricted antimicrobial / total number of clinicians |
Request rate of restricted antimicrobial (RR) | The proportion of clinicians requesting microbiological laboratory diagnostic tests before prescribing restricted antimicrobial | The number of clinicians requesting microbiological laboratory diagnostic test before prescribing restricted antimicrobial / total number of clinicians |
Request rate of special-use antimicrobial (SR) | The proportion of clinicians requesting microbiological laboratory diagnostic tests before prescribing special-use antimicrobial | The number of doctors requesting microbiological laboratory diagnostic test before prescribing special-use antimicrobial / total number of clinicians |
Zero obstacle rate of specimen collection (ZR) | The proportion of nurses who did not encounter obstacles mentioned in the questionnaire during sample collection | The number of nurses / total number of nurses who did not encounter the collection obstacles mentioned in the questionnaire |
Zero obstacle rate of specimen transportation (TR) | The proportion of persons who did not encounter obstacles mentioned in the questionnaire during sample delivery | The number of transporters who did not encounter the transportation obstacles mentioned in the questionnaire/total number of transporters |
Zero obstacle rate of specimen inspection feedback (FR) | The proportion of clinical laboratory staff who feed back unqualified samples to clinicians/ nurses. | The number of clinical laboratory staff giving feedback / total number of clinical laboratory inspectors |