• Jason Phua, Younsuck Koh, Bin Du, Yao-Qing Tang, Jigeeshu V Divatia, Cheng Cheng Tan, Charles D Gomersall, Mohammad Omar Faruq, Babu Raja Shrestha, Nguyen Gia Binh, Yaseen M Arabi, Nawal Salahuddin, Bambang Wahyuprajitno, Mei-Lien Tu, Ahmad Yazid Haji Abd Wahab, Akmal A Hameed, Masaji Nishimura, Mark Procyshyn, Yiong Huak Chan, and MOSAICS Study Group.
• Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, National University Health System Tower Block, Level 10, 1E Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119228.
• BMJ. 2011 Jan 1;342:d3245.

ObjectivesTo assess the compliance of Asian intensive care units and hospitals to the Surviving Sepsis Campaign's resuscitation and management bundles. Secondary objectives were to evaluate the impact of compliance on mortality and the organisational characteristics of hospitals that were associated with higher compliance.DesignProspective cohort study.Setting150 intensive care units in 16 Asian countries.Participants1285 adult patients with severe sepsis admitted to these intensive care units in July 2009. The organisational characteristics of participating centres, the patients' baseline characteristics, the achievement of targets within the resuscitation and management bundles, and outcome data were recorded.Main Outcome MeasureCompliance with the Surviving Sepsis Campaign's resuscitation (six hours) and management (24 hours) bundles.ResultsHospital mortality was 44.5% (572/1285). Compliance rates for the resuscitation and management bundles were 7.6% (98/1285) and 3.5% (45/1285), respectively. On logistic regression analysis, compliance with the following bundle targets independently predicted decreased mortality: blood cultures (achieved in 803/1285; 62.5%, 95% confidence interval 59.8% to 65.1%), broad spectrum antibiotics (achieved in 821/1285; 63.9%, 61.3% to 66.5%), and central venous pressure (achieved in 345/870; 39.7%, 36.4% to 42.9%). High income countries, university hospitals, intensive care units with an accredited fellowship programme, and surgical intensive care units were more likely to be compliant with the resuscitation bundle.ConclusionsWhile mortality from severe sepsis is high, compliance with resuscitation and management bundles is generally poor in much of Asia. As the centres included in this study might not be fully representative, achievement rates reported might overestimate the true degree of compliance with recommended care and should be interpreted with caution. Achievement of targets for blood cultures, antibiotics, and central venous pressure was independently associated with improved survival.

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