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Objective:

Quality improvement is an important activity for all members of the interdisciplinary critical care team. Although an increasing number of resources are available to guide clinicians, quality improvement activities can be overwhelming. Therefore, the Society of Critical Care Medicine charged this Outcomes Task Force with creating a “how-to” guide that focuses on critical care, summarizes key concepts, and outlines a practical approach to the development, implementation, evaluation, and maintenance of an interdisciplinary quality improvement program in the intensive care unit.

Data Sources and Methods:

The task force met in person twice and by conference call twice to write this document. We also conducted a literature search on “quality improvement” and “critical care or intensive care” and searched online for additional resources.