Table 4.

Median times related to antibiotics administration for those who received antibiotics.

	Infants with SBI,	Infants without SBI,
	Median (IQR)	Median (IQR)
Antibiotic Related Times	(N = 81)	(N = 168)	H-L Shift Estimate (95% CI)*	P-value
Total time taken from ED triage to infusion of antibiotics (minutes)	277.0 (236.0–385.0)	304.5 (238.5–404.0)	−8.0 (−38.0,21.0)	0.561
Time taken from ED triage to decision for antibiotics (minutes) [Recognition delay]	156.0 (115.0–255.0)	144.0 (105.5–211.0)	15.0 (-7.0,38.0)	0.175
Time taken from decision for antibiotics to first infusion of antibiotics (minutes) [Administration delay]	107.0 (83.0–168.0)	141.0 (94.0–209.5)	−24.0 (−44.0, −4.0)	0.017

^* Reference taken as infants without SBIs.

SBI, serious bacterial infection; IQR, inter-quartile range; H-L, Hodges-Lehmann; CI, confidence interval; ED, emergency department.