Table 1. Selected measures for registry enabled evaluation.
Foundations | 1. Nursing staff to patient ratio
2. Intensivist staffing to bed ratio 3. ICU medical night coverage |
Quality impacts | 1. Antimicrobial usage, (days of therapy, duration of empirical antimicrobial use)
2. Incidence of ICU-acquired drug resistant organism of interest (DRI) 3. Incidence of HAI (Central Venous Catheter Associated Infection, Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections & Infection-related Ventilator-Associated Complication (IVAC)) 4. Incidence of unplanned ICU discharge due to financial constraints 5. Unplanned readmission to ICU 6. Standardised mortality rate (ICU & hospital) 7. Length of stay (ICU & hospital) 8. Quality of life at 30 days post ICU |
Care processes | 1. Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis
2. Duration of mechanical ventilation 3. RASS score (target and actual) 4. Stress ulcer prophylaxis 5. Spontaneous awakening trial 6. Spontaneous breathing trial 7. Incidence of new pressure sores 8. In-bed mobilisation |
ICU: intensive care units; HAI: hospital acquired infection; RASS: Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale 20