Table 3.

Characteristics of the RECs across the various European countries involved in GenOSept

Characteristic	Median (IQR) or n (%) [Range]
No of ICUs per country	7 (2–15) [1–28]
Countries with centralized (national/regional) REC only	8 (44.4%)
Countries with local REC only	7 (38.9%)
Countries with both centralized and local REC	3 (16.7%)
Countries with paper application process	17 (94.4%)
Countries with online application process	1 (5.6%)
Medical members of REC	18 (100%)
Lay and Legal members of REC	13 (72.2%)
Lay but no Legal members of REC	1 (5.6%)
Approval at all units within country	14 (77.8%)
Approval at some units within country	3 (16.7%)
No approval at country	1 (5.6%)
Application process duration (months)	1.5 (1–7) [1–24]
Additional information or modification required	7 (38.9%)
Countries with National guidelines for research in critical care	9 (50%)

IQR inter-quartile range, n absolute number, % percentage