Participants’ involvement in antibiotics prescription trainings
and their perception regarding the use of antibiotic during COVID-19
pandemic
48.9% of participated healthcare workers had already participated in
antibiotic prescription trainings before COVID-19 pandemic, and only
39.3% participated in similar activity during the pandemic. Two third
of participants had received seminars and lectures regarding antibiotic
prescription. However, only 11% participated in antibiotic stewardship
program during COVID-19 (Table II ).
Regarding participants’ perception towards antibiotic use during
COVID-19 pandemic, 65.9% witnessed an increase in antibiotic use during
the early phase of the pandemic and almost half thought that antibiotic
use has changed after the understanding of COVID-19 (Table II ).
During the COVID-19 pandemic, 71.2% of healthcare workers considered
that COVID-19 patients are receiving unnecessary antibiotics, 75.9%
rated significantly inappropriately use of antibiotics, 33.1% stated
that antibiotics prescription will change with the emergence of a new
strain, 79.7% believed that prescription behavior influences the drug
resistance situation in their area, 64.7% perceived the magnitude of
emerging antibiotic resistance as an urgent healthcare problem however,
only 14.3 % found that antibiotic use increases mortality in COVID-19
patients (Table II ).