Year of activity (TB–TE) | Variable | No. of patient records (M1/M2) | Measurements at TB and TE (from → to) | Improvement |
2012–2013 | Complete documentation of VP in ED1, % | 548/487 | 78 → 94 | 16 pp |
Documentation of RR rate in ED1, % | 548/487 | 25 → 92 | 67 pp | |
Complete documentation of VP in ED1 for patients referred with an infection diagnosis, % | 110/135 | 83 → 99 | 16 pp | |
Proportion of patients diagnosed with sepsis who received PL red and PL orange by arrival in ED1, % | 228/99 | 47 → 68 | 21 pp | |
Mean time from door to doctor in ED1 for patients discharged with the diagnosis of sepsis, minutes | 228/99 | 33 → 31 | 6 pp | |
Complete documentation of VP in EMS1, % | 254/244 | 48 → 57 | 9 pp | |
Documentation of RR in EMS1, % | 254/244 | 39 → 57 | 18 pp | |
2013–2014 | Complete documentation of VP in ED2, % | 101/100 | 72 → 84 | 12 pp |
2014–2016 | Complete documentation of VP in ED5, % | 100/100 | 88 → 89 | 1 pp |
Mean time from door to administration of antibiotics in ED5 for patients diagnosed with sepsis, minutes | 40/40 | 153 → 124 | 19 pp | |
Complete documentation of VP in EMS3, % | 100/100 | 29 → 71 | 42 pp | |
Proportion of patients diagnosed with sepsis who received PL red and orange by arrival in EMS3, % | 40/30 | 17 → 35 | 18 pp | |
2015–2016 | Complete documentation of VP in ED 6, % | 100/100 | 73 → 92 | 19 pp |
Proportion of patients diagnosed with sepsis who received PL red and orange by arrival in ED6, % | 40/36 | 44 → 57 | 13 pp | |
2015–2016 | Complete documentation of VP in ED7, % | 100/100 | 98 → 100 | 2 pp |
Proportion of patients diagnosed with sepsis who received PL red and PL orange by arrival in ED7, % | 40/40 | 45 → 70 | 25 pp | |
Complete documentation of VP in EMS4, % | 100/100 | 74 → 88 | 14 pp | |
Patients with PL red in EMS4 who received PL red in ED7, % | 100/100 | 24 → 89 | 65 pp |
Data were collected from ED4 and EMS2, but they were incomplete and could not be analysed. No data were collected from ED3 for unknown reasons.
ED, emergency department; EMS, emergency medical service; M1, baseline measurement; M2, evaluation and effect measurement; PL, priority level; PP, percentage points ; RR, respiratory rate; SATS-N, South African Triage Scale Norway; TB, time of baseline measurement (before implementation of SATS-N); TE, time of evaluation measurement (after implementation of SATS-N); VP, vital parameter.