Table 1.
Element | Description |
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Feedback | • monthly report for monitoring ICU's performance over time |
reports | • comprehensive quarterly report for benchmarking ICU's performance to other |
groups of ICUs | |
• sent to and discussed by QI team members | |
Local QI team | • multidisciplinary • responsible for formulating and executing a QI action plan • monthly monitoring and discussing of performance using feedback reports • sharing main findings with rest of ICU staff |
Educational outreach visits | • on-site (1) at start of study period and (2) after six months • all QI team members are present; visits guided by principal investigators • promoting use of Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle for systematic quality improvement • formulating and evaluating QI action plan based on performance data |