Overall antimicrobial prevalence and use by hospital type, hospital location and ward type
| Characteristic | No. of patients | No. (%) of patients receiving antimicrobials | No. of antimicrobials received | No. (%) of antimicrobials received; indication | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Therapeutic use | Medical prophylaxis | Surgical prophylaxis | Other or unknown | ||||
| Total | 13 272 | 4447 (33.5) | 6525 | 4832 (74.1) | 825 (12.6) | 578 (8.9) | 290 (4.4) |
| Hospital type | |||||||
| Primary | 1325 | 388 (29.3) | 518 | 415 (80.1) | 33 (6.4) | 38 (7.3) | 32 (6.2) |
| Secondary | 3947 | 1225 (31.0) | 1635 | 1316 (80.5) | 101 (6.2) | 156 (9.5) | 62 (3.8) |
| Tertiary and specialized | 8000 | 2834 (35.4) | 4372 | 3101(70.9) | 691 (15.8) | 384 (8.8) | 196 (4.5) |
| Region | |||||||
| West | 3862 | 1424 (36.9) | 2092 | 1572 (75.1) | 241 (11.5) | 198 (9.5) | 81 (3.9) |
| Central | 6440 | 2240 (34.8) | 3372 | 2462 (73.0) | 467 (13.8) | 293 (9.7) | 150 (4.4) |
| Atlantic | 2970 | 783 (26.4) | 1061 | 798 (75.2) | 117 (11.0) | 87 (8.2) | 59 (5.6) |
| Adult wards | |||||||
| All wards | 12 438 | 4230 (34.0) | 6171 | 4610 (74.7) | 749 (12.1) | 567 (9.2) | 245 (4.0) |
| Adult medical ward | 7686 | 2031 (26.4) | 2753 | 2319 (84.2) | 227 (8.2) | 86 (3.1) | 121 (4.4) |
| Hematology–oncology adult medical ward | 420 | 205 (48.8) | 387 | 199 (51.4) | 175 (45.2) | 4 (1.0) | 9 (2.3) |
| Transplant adult medical ward | 142 | 113 (79.6) | 305 | 123 (40.3) | 178 (58.4) | 0 | 4 (1.3) |
| Pneumology adult medical ward | 159 | 91 (57.2) | 196 | 156 (79.6) | 37 (18.9) | 1 (0.5) | 2 (1.0) |
| Adult surgical ward | 3083 | 1318 (42.8) | 1755 | 1205 (68.7) | 73 (4.2) | 403 (23.0) | 74 (4.2) |
| Adult intensive care unit | 948 | 472 (49.8) | 775 | 608 (78.5) | 59 (7.6) | 73 (9.4) | 35 (4.5) |
| Pediatric and neonatal wards | |||||||
| All wards | 834 | 217 (26.0) | 354 | 222 (62.7) | 76 (21.5) | 11 (3.1) | 45 (12.7) |
| Pediatric medical ward | 307 | 81 (26.4) | 115 | 90 (78.3) | 7 (6.1) | 3 (2.6) | 15 (13.0) |
| General neonatal medical ward | 151 | 7 (4.6) | 14 | 12 (87.5) | 2 (14.3) | 0 | 0 |
| Hematology–oncology pediatric medical ward | 25 | 21 (84.0) | 46 | 17 (37.0) | 24 (52.2) | 0 | 5 (10.9) |
| Pediatric surgical ward | 57 | 24 (42.1) | 32 | 20 (62.5) | 4 (12.5) | 5 (15.6) | 3 (9.4) |
| Pediatric intensive care unit | 38 | 21 (55.3) | 39 | 24 (61.5) | 9 (23.1) | 0 | 6 (15.4) |
| Neonatal intensive care unit | 256 | 63 (24.6) | 108 | 59 (54.6) | 30 (27.8) | 3 (2.8) | 16 (14.8) |