This new sepsis protocol is saving time and saving lives, according to this CNO. CNOs everywhere need to be concerned about sepsis. According to the CDC, 1.7 million American adults develop sepsis ...

An analysis of New York State's first-in-the-nation mandated reporting and care protocols for sepsis shows improvements in care, even without financial incentives. The country's first state-mandated ...

Sepsis, a deadly complication caused by the body’s extreme response to infection, poses a major issue for hospitals as the condition is both difficult and expensive to treat. Sepsis accounts for ...

Throughout Cleveland Clinic’s healthcare system, a protocol known as “code sepsis” allows physicians to diagnose and treat the infection before it becomes life threatening. The hospital’s standardized ...

February 14, 2012 (Houston, Texas) — The implementation of a formal process for identifying and managing sepsis in the emergency department (ED) and intensive care unit (ICU) can save money and, more ...

Sepsis is the leading cause of hospital deaths in the United States; New York was the first state to require the adoption of evidence-based protocols for the rapid identification and treatment of ...

More than one in 10 children hospitalized with sepsis die, but when a series of clinical treatments and tests is completed within an hour of its detection the odds of death shrink 40 percent, ...

Even in the face of increased pressure from regulators, many doctors have failed to fully embrace early screening and treatment protocols for sepsis, an infection-related complication that afflicts ...

As health care systems look to lower costs and improve patient outcomes, controlling sepsis is a great place to start. Ignoring that opportunity is a huge mistake. When a patient spikes a fever for an ...

Deaths from sepsis declined during the 2 years following implementation of a state mandate requiring hospitals to follow sepsis care bundles and report on patient outcomes, according to a study ...

Daily assessment of procalcitonin (PCT), rather than standard care alone, led to patients spending significantly less time on antibiotics cumulatively in the first 28 days (9.8 days vs 10.7 days, ...

Following the widely publicized hospital death in 2012 of a 12-year-old boy from undiagnosed sepsis, New York state has taken the lead in battling the potentially lethal condition, which affects more ...