Components of the InFoQI program | Mean (SD) | Range |
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Multidisciplinary QI team | ||
Number of members per QI team | 4 (1.2) | 2–7 |
Time spent per team member per month (hours) | ||
Total | 4.1 (2.3) | 0.6–8.1 |
Activities pertaining to the InFoQI intervention (hours) | 2.5 (1.3) | 0.6–4.8 |
Execution of QI initiatives from the local QI plan (hours) | 1.6 (1.5) | 0–5.6 |
QI meetings | ||
Number of meetings with at least two QI team members present | 5.7 (4.5) | 0–12 |
Time spent per meeting per attending team member (hours) | 1.4 (1.0) | 0–3.3 |
Feedback reports | ||
Monthly reports | ||
Number of reports reviewed* | 8.3 (3.7) | 3–12 |
Time spent on reviewing per report per reviewing team member (if reviewed) | 1.0 (0.6) | 0.4–2.5 |
Quarterly reports | ||
Number of reports reviewed* | 2.6 (1.4) | 0–4 |
Time spent on reviewing per report per reviewing team member (if reviewed) | 1.1 (0.7) | 0–1.9 |
Educational outreach visits | ||
Number of visits with all QI members attending | 26† | n.a. |
Duration | ||
First educational visit (hours) | 3 (1.5–4) | 1.5–4 |
Second educational visit (hours) | 2 (1.5–3) | 1.5–3 |
InFoQI, Information Feedback on Quality Indicators; n.a., not applicable; QI, quality improvement .
*Reports were marked as ‘reviewed’ if at least one QI team member reported time invested.
†Reported for all intervention ICUs together; the total number of visits organised was 30 (ie, two per ICU).