Table 2.
Contents of the educational sessions of study coordinators with quality improvement teams.
| Topics and aims | Number of centers (total N = 17) |
|---|---|
| Topics discussed during educational sessions with QI teams | |
| Improving management of blood cultures | 13 |
| Discussing individual results of the quality report | 14 |
| Discussing the lacking quality of the documented data for quality reporting | 11 |
| Identifying structural barriers to treatment of sepsis, which is adherent to guidelines | 12 |
| Discussing, how additional departments could be involved in the QI process | 7 |
| Discussing, how to improve antimicrobial treatment according to guidelines | 5 |
| Discussing the success of implemented measures for quality improvement | 5 |
| Discussing how to plan and conduct education on sepsis for hospital staff | 3 |
| Discussing the status and improvement of staffing of the QI team | 3 |
| Aims set during the educational sessions | |
| Conduction of education on sepsis for hospital staff | 13 |
| Conduction of focus group interviews with clinical staff to identify problems of care | 11 |
| Improving blood culture management | 11 |
| Improving quality of data documented for quality reporting | 11 |
| Making antibiotics readily available on wards | 8 |
| Developing a standard operating procedure for management of sepsis | 9 |
| Having more meetings of the QI team | 8 |
| Distribution of educational material (posters, flyers) among clinical staff | 7 |
| Involving additional departments in the QI team and QI process | 6 |
| Implementing regular case conferences on cases with sepsis | 6 |
| Making educational material available in the intranet | 5 |
| Developing a sepsis screening checklist | 5 |
| Recruiting more members for the QI team | 4 |
| Improving coordination of tasks within the QI team | 3 |
Results of qualitative analyses of open-ended questions distributed to study coordinators after each educational session with quality improvement (QI) teams of intervention hospitals during implementation phase. Data were available for 17 QI teams. Every category was only counted once per QI team. Only categories present among at least three QI teams are shown.