According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the development of a multi-disciplinary hospital sepsis program is critical to monitoring and improving the management and outcomes of patients with sepsis. Hospital quality improvement programs focused on sepsis have been associated with reductions in hospital mortality, length of stay, and healthcare costs. The CDC has launched the Hospital Sepsis Program Core Elements initiative, a new program to provide hospitals with a blueprint to managing medical emergencies stemming from sepsis. The program, which is modeled after a similar effort for antibiotic stewardship, is intended as a “manager’s guide” to organizing staff and making the resources available to improve sepsis care and bring survival rates up.
Read more at https://www.cdc.gov/sepsis/core-elements.html.