Table 2

Recording in patients’ notes

QuestionFrequency (%)
Do you regularly record clinical advice in patients’ notes?
    Yes100/139 (72)
    No39/139 (28)
If yes, is this for all patients for whom you give clinical advice or only for selected patients?
    All5/139 (3.6)
    Selected99/139 (71)
    No response35/139 (25)
If you write in the clinical notes for selected patient, are these patients with:
    A positive microbiological/virology laboratory result?
        All14/139 (10)
        None4/139 (3)
        Some96/139 (29)
        No response35/139 (18)
    Patients about whom clinical advice is requested?
        All42/139 (30)
        Some76/139 (55)
        No response21/139 (15)