Statistical analysis plan for the Stepped-wedge Cluster Randomized trial of Electronic Early Notification of sepsis in hospitalized ward patients (SCREEN)

Table 1 Glossary of terms used in the current report, based on the CONSORT extension for cluster randomized trials [11]

Term	Definitions [11]	Applicability to SCREEN trial
Cluster	The unit of randomization	Hospital ward
Control condition	The comparator treatment	Masked alert
Duration of period	Time (e.g., months) between each step	10 periods, each is 2 months
Intervention condition	The treatment under evaluation	Active alert
Sequence	A sequence of codes defining the order of implementation of the treatment conditions for each cluster. More than one cluster can be allocated to each sequence	9 sequences, with 5 clusters in each sequence
Step	A planned point at which a cluster or a group of clusters crosses from control to intervention	The period between two steps is 2 months

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