Table 1 ICU quality assessment indicators

Evaluation indicators

(7)

Structure

(1) Number of ICU beds per intensivist physician

(2) Number of ICU beds per nurse

Low is good

(3) Number of ICU specialized equipment and facilities

- Arterial blood gas analyzer, portable ventilator, continuous renal replacement therapy, bronchoscopy, independent space for specialists in ICUs, isolation ward

- Evaluation standard: if a tertiary general hospital has 6 facilities and equipment and a general hospital has 5, this index is perfect

(4) Number of ICU care protocol*: 9

- Hospitalization, discharge, ventilator withdrawal, sedation/delirium, prevention of deep vein thrombosis, prevention of bedsores, mechanical ventilation, prevention of ventilator-related pneumonia, sterilization precautions for central catheter insertion

High is good

Process

(1) Proportion of patients receiving prophylactic treatment for deep vein thrombosis*

(2) Standardized mortality ratio assessment

High is good

Outcome

Readmission to ICU within 48 h*

Low is good

Monitoring indicators

(7)

Structure

(1) Percentage of multidisciplinary care team rounds*

(2) Percentage of patients using a ventilator*

Process

Perform infection-related bundles

High is good

Outcome

(1) ICU mortality*

(2) Central catheter blood infection rate

(3) Incidence of pneumonia in ventilator patients

(4) Incidence of urinary tract infections related to urinary catheters

Low is good