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Table 2 NCA standards contributing to experiment outcomes

From: A randomised fractional factorial screening experiment to predict effective features of audit and feedback

NCA

Key standard selected

NCABT

Clinical staff should prescribe tranexamic acid for surgical patients expected to have moderate or more significant blood loss unless contraindicated

NDA

Patients with type 2 diabetes whose HbA1c level is 58 mmol/mol (7.5%) or above after 6 months with single-drug treatment are offered dual therapy

MINAP

Adults with non-ST-segment-election myocardial infarction or unstable angina who have an intermediate or higher risk of future adverse cardiovascular events are offered coronary angiography (with follow-on percutaneous coronary intervention if indicated) within 72 h of first admission to hospital

PICANet

Minimise the number of unplanned extubations for paediatric intensive care patients per 1000 days of invasive ventilation

TARN

Patients who have had urgent 3D imaging for major trauma should have a provisional written radiology report within 60 min of the scan