Table 1

Timing of assessments

Baseline

Day 1 to n

Day n (ICU discharge)

Hospital discharge

Inclusion/exclusion criteria

*

Demographics

*

APACHE II score

*

SOFA score

*

*

*

TISS score

*

*

Isolation

*

*

*

Steroid use

*

*

*

Antibiotic list

*

*

*

Invasive devices list

*

*

*

Colonisation data

*

*

*

Infection data

*

*

*

No. of cultures sent to laboratory

*

*

*

Adverse events

*

*

Whether neighbouring patient has MRSA

*

*

Standard groin swab

*

*

Standard nasal swab

*

*

PCR groin swab (Belfast HSCT)

*

PCR nasal swab (Belfast HSCT)

*

Details of wash

*

*

*

No of body wash bottles used

*

*

Duration of ventilation

*

ICU length of stay

*

ICU survival

*

Hospital length of stay

*

Hospital survival

*

Discharge location

*

APACHE II – Acute Physiological & Chronic Health Evaluation II; HSCT – Health and Social Care Trust; ICU – Intensive Care Unit; MRSA – Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; PCR – Polymerase chain reaction; SOFA – Sequential Organ Failure Assessment; TISS – Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System;

Thompson et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2008 8:161   doi:10.1186/1471-2334-8-161