SITS Award
SITS is awarding centres that contribute with top patient recruitment and high rate of data completeness in the SITS Registry. The contribution is an important part of our mission; assure excellence in acute treatment and secondary prevention of stroke, as well as to facilitate clinical trials. Below you can read about different Award Programs that SITS offers.
SITS World Award
Once a year, SITS will give award to centres that have performed best in the world.
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Once a year, SITS selects top centres from all over the world. For the SITS World Award we will select 20 top recruiting and high quality centres.
Award name:
Top Recruiting and High Quality Centre
Criteria:
Top patient recruitment and overall high-quality data completeness including 3 months follow up data (90%). The protocols used for this award are IV Thrombolysis, Thrombectomy and All Patients General Stroke Protocol.
As the winner of the SITS World Award, you will receive following:
Diploma
Letter from chairman
SITS logo to use as Email footer. The logo can be added to email signature and appear in your letters promoting the award
Invitation to research projects as co-author
Winners will be presented at our website as well as in the SITS Report!
SITS Regional Award
Every 3 months, SITS will give award to centres that have performed best in their region.
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Every 3 months SITS will announce awards on regional level.
Centres will be awarded for:
Top recruitment centre with high quality acute phase data
To be able to achieve this award, centres must fulfil the criteria of data completeness (90%). Top patient recruitment and high-quality data from admission to discharge or 7 days, whichever occurs first.
Top recruitment and high quality centre
For this award centres must fulfil the criteria of overall high-quality data completeness including 3 months follow up data (90%).
Protocols used for this award are: IV Thrombolysis, Thrombectomy and All Patients General Stroke Protocol.
As the winner of the SITS Regional Award, you will receive following:
Diploma
SITS logo to use as Email footer. The logo can be added to email signature and appear in your letters promoting the award
Winners will be presented at the SITS website!
SITS MENA Award in collaboration between SITS and MENASO
SITS MENA Award
It is our great honor to present the SITS MENA Award, which in collaboration with MENASO board members has been designed especially for the MENA region.
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SITS is proud of the multi-year collaboration with MENASO (Middle East and North Africa Stroke Organization), which has now resulted in further positive development work. Together we have designed the SITS MENA Award Program, specially developed for the MENA region. International Regional Coordinator for SITS, Dr. Suhail Al-Rukn and SITS chairman Dr. Niaz Ahmed with former SITS chairman Dr. Nils Wahlgren, will be awarding the centres in MENA.
Awards will be handed out every third month for:
- Excellent door-to-needle time
- Excellent door-to-groin time
- Excellent patient recruitment
- Certificate of achievement
SITS will choose 5 centers from the MENA region for each of the award!
Criteria:
To be included in the SITS-MENA Award program, your center needs to:
1. Use the SITS QR protocol to enter data. The SITS QR protocol takes 3 minutes to complete if you only answer mandatory questions. Otherwise, it takes 5 minutes to complete all the questions. Data entered in the QR protocol for the SITS MENA Award, will also be used for the Angels Award if your centre is participating in ESO/WSO Angels Awards.
2. Enter minimum 20 patients within three months. You should enter consecutive patients (all types of ischemic stroke and those who have received thrombolysis and thrombectomy).
3. You can choose to fill in only mandatory fields in the QR-protocol (takes 3 minutes) or to fill in data in the whole protocol (takes 5 minutes).
4. To be eligible for the “Certificate of achievement”, you need to be National Coordinator, Regional Coordinator or Local Coordinator and recruit at least one centre within 3 months and refer the center to use the QR protocol to participate in the SITS-MENA Award Program.
Process:
Awards will be handed out every three months. SITS will perform the data download on the 7th every third month. The data will be calculated, and winners will be announced no later than the 15th of the month.
The winners of SITS MENA Award, will receive following:
Diploma
Letter from SITS Chairman and MENASO board members
SITS-MENASO logo to use as Email footer. The logo can be added to email signature and appear in your letters promoting the award
Winners will be presented at the SITS website!
Top centres 2019
Award Winners for Top Patient Recruitment in:
IVT Protocol
| Position | Centre | Country | Local coordinator |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valiasr | IRAN | Abdoreza Ghoreishi |
| 2 | University Hospital of Heidelberg | GERMANY | Peter Ringleb |
| 3 | South Glasgow University Hospital | UNITED KINGDOM | Azmil Abdul-Rahim, Angela Welch |
| 4 | Tartu University Hospital | ESTONIA | Janika Kõrv |
| 5 | Krajska Nemocnice Liberec | CZECH REPUBLIC | Lubomir Jurak |
| 6 | Aberdeen Royal Infirmary | UNITED KINGDOM | Mary Joan Macleod |
| 7 | Hamad General Hospital | QATAR | Naveed Akhtar |
| 8 | FN Motol | CZECH REPUBLIC | Ivana Šarbochová |
TBY Protocol
| Position | Centre | Country | Local coordinator |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hospital Sao Jose – CHLC | PORTUGAL | Ana Paiva Nunes |
| 2 | FN Ostrava | CZECH REPUBLIC | Eva Hurtikova |
| 3 | FN Olomouc | CZECH REPUBLIC | Daniel Sanak |
| 4 | Hospital San Carlos | SPAIN | Jose Egido |
| 5 | FN Hradec Kralove | CZECH REPUBLIC | Eva Vitkova |
APP Protocol
| Position | Centre | Country | Local coordinator |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamad General Hospital | QATAR | Naveed Akhtar |
| 2 | Sveta Marina Varna | BULGARIA | Evgenyia Kalevska, Silva Andonova |
| 3 | Valiasr | IRAN | Abdoreza Ghoreishi |
For longest participation in the SITS Registry
| Position | Centre | Country | Local coordinator |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karolinska University Hospital – Solna | SWEDEN | Tiago Moreira |
| 2 | Helsinki University Central Hospital | FINLAND | Daniel Strbian, Lauri Soinne |
| 3 | CHU St. Luc – Woluwe | BELGIUM | Andre Peeters |
| 4 | Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | UNITED KINGDOM | Anand Dixit |
Top centres 2018
Award Winners for Top Patient Recruitment in:
IVT Protocol
| Position | Centre | Country | Local coordinator |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Glasgow University Hospital | UNITED KINGDOM | Azmil Abdul-Rahim, Angela Welch |
| 2 | Tartu University Hospital | ESTONIA | Janika Kõrv |
| 3 | Republican Vilnius University Hospital | LITHUANIA | Aleksandras Vilionskis |
| 4 | University Hospital of Heidelberg | GERMANY | Peter Ringleb |
| 5 | Krajska Nemocnice Liberec | CZECH REPUBLIC | Lubomir Jurak |
| 6 | Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria di Modena | ITALY | Andrea Zini |
| 7 | FN u sv Anny v Brne | CZECH REPUBLIC | Lenka Kouřilová |
| 8 | Hamad General Hospital | QATAR | Naveed Akhtar |
TBY Protocol
| Position | Centre | Country | Local coordinator |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hospital Sao Jose | PORTUGAL | Ana Paiva Nunes |
| 2 | FN Ostrava | CZECH REPUBLIC | Eva Hurtikova |
| 3 | Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria di Modena | ITALY | Andrea Zini |
| 4 | North Estonia Medical Centre | ESTONIA | Viiu-Marika Rand |
| 5 | CHU St. Luc – Woluwe | BELGIUM | Andre Peeters |
APP Protocol
| Position | Centre | Country | Local coordinator |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Naberezhnye Chelny BSMP Tatarstan | RUSSIA | Shamil Musin |
| 2 | Hamad General Hospital | QATAR | Naveed Akhtar |
| 3 | Bishkek City Civil Clinic 1 | KYRGYSTAN | Inna Lutsenko |
For longest participation in the SITS Registry
| Position | Centre | Country | Local coordinator |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University Hospital of Heidelberg | GERMANY | Peter Ringleb |
| 2 | CHU St. Luc – Woluwe | BELGIUM | Andre Peeters |
| 3 | AZ Klina – Brasschaat | BELGIUM | Fran Couvreur |
| 4 | Aberdeen Royal Infirmary | UNITED KINGDOM | Mary Joan Macleod |