Implementing a Collaborative Sepsis Protocol on the Time to Antibiotics in an Emergency Department of a Saudi Hospital: Quasi Randomized Study

Table 3

Outcome measures.

Outcome variables	Results		𝑃 value
	Preintervention group	Postintervention group
Primary outcome
CTA	140 minutes	68 minutes	0.0001
Secondary outcome
Appropriate antibiotic coverage	11 (25.0%)	67 (62.0%)	0.009
Partially appropriate antibiotic coverage	17 (37.5%)	26 (24.0%)	0.013
Complete inappropriate antibiotic coverage	17 (37.5%)	15 (14.0%)

Results in mean or numbers (%).
CTA: time from severe sepsis/septic shock criteria met to first antibiotic dose delivery.