Mean | SD | |
---|---|---|
Ongoing physician educational programmes | 2.67 | .659 |
Access to timely lab reports | 2.67 | .674 |
Development of national antibiotic guidelines | 2.63 | .684 |
Access to microbiology consultations | 2.58 | .694 |
Development of better diagnostic tests to differentiate bacterial from viral infection | 2.53 | .745 |
Public educational programmes | 2.44 | .753 |
Antibiotic restriction: requiring a countersignature by a consultant or microbiologist | 2.04 | .800 |
Antibiotic cycling: switching routine use from one class to another at a regular intervals | 1.97 | .920 |