Table 1.

Summary of Delphi round 2 results, with median and percentage of score ≥7 for each criterion of validity, reliability, feasibility, and patient centredness. CRP, C-reactive protein; SIRS, systemic inflammatory response syndrome; WBC, white blood cell count

Summary of item	Validity			Reliability			Feasibility			Patient centredness
	Unsure	Scores ≥7 (%)	Median	Unsure	Scores ≥7 (%)	Median	Unsure	Scores ≥7 (%)	Median	Unsure	Scores ≥7 (%)	Median
1a. Fever	3	78	7	3	68	7	3	98	8	3	66	7
1b. CRP measure	3	42	6	3	27	6	3	73	7	3	24	5
1c. Procalcitonin and other biomarkers	5	26	5	5	18	6	5	42	6	5	16	4
1d. WBC/pattern	4	62	7	4	60	7	4	95	8	4	36	6
1e. Antibiotic use	3	53	7	4	43	6	3	86	8	3	49	6
2a. Respiratory infectious complication	4	86	8	4	71	7	4	85	7	4	81	7
2b. Neurological infectious complication	4	90	8	4	85	8	4	72	7	4	79	8
2c. Urological/genitourinary complication	4	91.	8	4	86	7.5	4	88	8	4	86	8
2d. Clostridium difficile colitis or infection	4	88	8	4	86	8	4	83	8	4	79	8
2e. Endometritis	4	78	7	4	66	7	4	74	7	4	83	7
3. Identification of pathogenic organism from culture	5	86	8	5	81	7	5	88	7	5	54	7
4a. Surgical site infection	5	89	8	5	80	7	5	91	8	5	82	8
4b. Superficial incisional surgical site infection	4	88	8	4	77	7	4	88	8	4	84	8
4c. Deep incisional surgical site infection	4	93	8	4	88	8	4	90	8	4	91	8
4d. Organ/space surgical site infection	4	91	8	4	86	8	4	91	8	4	93	8
5a. Sepsis	4	86	8	4	77	7	4	84	7	4	71	7
5b. Septic shock	4	91	8	4	79	8	4	86	8	4	79	8
5c. SIRS	4	65	7	4	63	7	4	84	7	4	56	7