National Quality Indicators

Revised guidelines for SIR’s national quality indicators, following the guidelines for Swedish intensive care as well as the guideline for registering treatment strategies for life-sustaining treatment within Swedish intensive care, will be published at the beginning of 2026. More information will follow.

  1. Guideline for Swedish intensive care (Q1) – Remains with minor adjustments

  2. Risk-adjusted mortality (Q2) – Remains

  3. Isolation of ICU patients with multidrug-resistant bacteria (Q3) – Removed

  4. Transfer to another ICU due to own resource shortage (Q4) – Remains

  5. Unplanned readmission to the same ICU within 72 hours (Q5) – Remains

  6. Identification of potential donor (Q6) – Remains
  7. Life-sustaining treatment and treatment strategy (Q7) – Remains with adjustments. Introduced during 2026.
  8. Use of sedation scale and sedation target (Q8) – Removed