Table 6 Clinicians’ perceptions toward antimicrobial stewardship programs

Antimicrobial resistance is a problem worldwide

Antimicrobial resistance is a problem in my daily practice

Poor infection control practices by healthcare professionals causes antimicrobial resistance

Prescribing broad-spectrum antibiotics when there are equally effective narrower-spectrum antibiotics increases antibiotic resistance

It is always better to over-prescribe antibiotics than under-prescribe?

Antimicrobials might develop allergy leading to death

AMS programs reduce problems of antimicrobial resistance

AMS will help reduce hospitalization

Optimization of child and adult dose is essential

If symptoms improve before the full course of antimicrobial is completed, your patient can stop taking it

Everyone should be able to buy antibiotics without a prescription

Improving antimicrobial prescribing should be an organizational priority

A policy that limits the prescribing of selected antimicrobials to certain clinical indications via an approval process should be introduced at the hospital

Locally developed guidelines for antimicrobials would be more useful to me than national guidelines

A team consisting of an infectious disease specialist physician and pharmacist providing individualized antimicrobial prescribing advice and feedback would assist with antimicrobial selection

A computer application which gives advice on selection and duration of antimicrobial therapy for specific clinical conditions would be clinically useful

AMS education is provided for all staff involved in antimicrobial ordering, dispensing, administration, and monitoring

Health care professionals other than prescribers do not need to understand AMS

Pharmacists have a responsibility to take a prominent role in AMS and infection-control programs in the health system