Table 3. Linear regression for factors associated with delay in antibiotic treatment.

	Unadjusted	Model 1*	Model 2†
	b (95% CI)	b (95% CI)	b (95% CI)
Not triaged within 15 minutes	54.4 (32.9 to 75.9)	54.7 (33.2 to 76.2)	25.8 (3.8 to 47.8)
Examination by physician not in accordance with priority	60.0 (39.2 to 80.9)	61.2 (40.8 to 81.6)	38.0 (16.1 to 59.8)
Lactate not measured within 1 hour	81.6 (65.9 to 97.2)	86.2 (71.5 to 100.8)	71.4 (56.0 to 86.8)
Inadequate observation regimen	41.3 (22.3 to 60.4)	39.3 (21.8 to 56.8)	23.9 (10.5 to 37.3)

Outcome variable: Time to antibiotics measured in minutes. n = 1307

* Adjusted for organ failure, patient age, comorbidity, and time to admission

^† Adjusted for the other variables in this table, and organ failure, age, comorbidity, and time to admission