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 ).