Summary of frequency, direction and type of communication across specialties
| Communication flow | Initiators | Consultant | Other | Registrar | ||||||||||||||||||
| Recipients | Consultant | Group | Intern | Nurse | Other | Patient | Registrar | Total N (%) | Consultant | Group | Nurse | Patient | Registrar | Total N (%) | Consultant | Group | Intern | Patient | Registrar | Total N (%) | Grand total | |
| Antibiotic and infection prevention and management discussions | Antibiotics | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 39 (45.35) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1.16) | 5 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 46 (53.49) | 86 |
| Specialty A | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 26 | |
| Specialty B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 27 | |
| Specialty C | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 33 | |
| Culture and sensitivity | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 40 (62.50) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 (4.69) | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 21 (32,81%) | 64 | |
| Specialty A | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 27 | |
| Specialty B | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 21 | |
| Specialty C | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | |
| Infection markers | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 (17.14) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 (1.43) | 2 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 (81,43%) | 70 | |
| Specialty A | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 29 | |
| Specialty B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 18 | |
| Specialty C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 23 | |
| Lines/invasive devices | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 28 (46.67) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0.00) | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 (53,33%) | 60 | |
| Specialty A | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 29 | |
| Specialty B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | ||
| Specialty C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 18 | |
| Other discussions | Treatment/clinical information | 6 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 28 | 107 (21.84) | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 (2.24) | 19 | 347 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 372 (75.92) | 490 |
| Specialty A | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 197 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 206 | 229 | |
| Specialty B | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 17 | 67 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 151 | |
| Specialty C | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 78 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 84 | 110 | |
| Asking questions, planning and instructing patient care (key decisions) | Asking questions | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 110 | 161 (90.45) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 (2.25) | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13 (7.30) | 178 |
| Specialty A | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 44 | |
| Specialty B | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 46 | 71 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 76 | |
| Specialty C | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 32 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 58 | |
| Planning | 4 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 70 | 119 (73) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 (1.23) | 11 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 42 (25.77) | 163 | |
| Specialty A | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 51 | |
| Specialty B | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 27 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 52 | |
| Specialty C | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 51 | |
| Direct instructions | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18 (85.71) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0.00) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 (14.29) | 21 | |
| Specialty A | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| Specialty B | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Specialty C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| Grand total | 28 | 72 | 17 | 21 | 5 | 90 | 291 | 524 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 36 | 510 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 577 | 1132 | |
*Specialty A includes sociogram data from cardiothoracic ICU ward rounds.
ICU, intensive care unit.