Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP
Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare
Anyone can get an infection, and almost any infection, including COVID-19, can lead to sepsis. Sepsis is the body’s extreme response to an infection and is a life-threatening medical emergency. If you or your loved one has an infection that’s not getting better or is getting worse, ACT FAST. Get medical care IMMEDIATELY.
September is Sepsis Awareness Month and CDC encourages patients and healthcare professionals to get ready by sharing Get Ahead of Sepsis resources and to learn how to protect themselves, their loved ones, and their patients from sepsis.
Last month, CDC released the Hospital Sepsis Program Core Elements. This resource is intended to help U.S. hospitals improve patient outcomes from sepsis by facilitating the implementation, monitoring, and optimization of hospital sepsis programs. Hospitals implementing the Sepsis Core Elements can tailor their sepsis program and clinical tools to the many populations that are served by an individual hospital, which may include pediatrics, adults, maternity, and other populations. A Getting Started guide was developed for hospitals that may be implementing the first-ever hospital sepsis program in their institution.
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