Academic Hospital Journal
Vol 7, No 2 (2025)

Assessing Antibiotic Stewardship Knowledge Among Healthcare Professionals in an Indonesian Teaching Hospital

Taufiqurohman, Taufiqurohman (Unknown)
Tanjung, Rahmadiyah S. (Unknown)
Amalia, Khoirunnisa (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
18 Sep 2025

Abstract

Background: Hospitals all around Indonesia have adopted antimicrobial stewardship. Hospitals were encouraged to adopt the program through required AMS programs as part of hospital accreditation and the implementation of a national policy. Pharmacists actively contribute to the program's implementation, which has a significant impact on hospitals. Additionally, the involvement of other healthcare professionals is crucial for the program's success.Method: The study was conducted at UGM Academic Hospital from June 1 to October 31, 2024. This study design is non-experimental research with an analytical cross-sectional approach, and data collection was conducted prospectively using questionnaires. Respondents are specialist, general practitioners, dentists, pharmacists, and nurses working at UGM Academic Hospital, possess a valid practice license, and are willing to participate as respondents in the study.Result:  The questionnaire was collected from healthcare professionals at UGM Academic Hospital. 91 participants, representatives from three professional groups: nurses/midwives (49.5%), physicians (36.3%), and pharmacists 14.3%). High knowledge scores (reaching the maximum score) on antimicrobial stewardship were achieved by 69.2% (63/91) of the respondents. Compared to nurses/midwives and physicians, pharmacists had a greater mean level of antibiotic stewardship knowledge.Conclusion: Healthcare professionals demonstrated good knowledge of antimicrobial stewardship; however, a few healthcare workers still scored low. A regular training program must be carried out to enhance the antimicrobial stewardship program in the hospital.

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Journal Info

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ahj

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Subject

Dentistry Health Professions Medicine & Pharmacology Nursing Public Health

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The Academic Hospital Journal (AHJ) is an open accessed online journal and comprehensive peer-reviewed that considers articles on a variety range of health issues, clinical and non clinical researches, hospital management, and health technology. AHJ accept original articles and case reports. AHJ ...