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Sepsis

This toolkit offers recommendations for organizing a sepsis identification program that:

  • Improves patient safety and outcomes
  • Improves performance improvement
  • Raises staff awareness of sepsis and septic shock best practices

The toolkit also helps practitioners implement clinical practice guidelines related to the Surviving Sepsis campaign.

Toolkit Materials

  • Physician Reference Severe Sepsis Bundle Pocket Card

    Quick reference pocket card to help remind staff physicians of the timeliness of the sepsis bundle interventions

  • Sepsis Core Measure Checklist

    A checklist from the Indiana Hospital Association for concurrent chart review to ensure sepsis measures are being met. In addition, a Sepsis Treatment Pathway is included from Jackson Memorial Hospital which is designed to help manage antibiotics for sepsis and septic shock according to clinical practice guidelines.

  • Surviving Sepsis Pocket Guide

    This is a two-page summary of the guidelines for sepsis and septic shock, including other supportive therapy of severe sepsis.

Online Resources

  • CDC - Basic Information and Patient Resources
  • CDC - Clinical Guidelines and Tools
  • CDC - Improving Survival
  • CDC - Data Reports
  • CDC - Medical Bibliography
  • Surviving Sepsis Campaign
  • Sepsis CMS Core Measure Highlights from American College of Emergency Physicians

Members-Only Toolkit Materials

  • Webinar: Mission Possible – Early Identification and Standardization of Sepsis within the Hospital and Beyond

    This webinar presents a four-tiered method for developing a hospital wide program to identify sepsis patients early in the disease and manage them based on the guidelines.

  • Presentation Slides: Mission Possible Webinar

    These slides accompany the “Mission Possible” webinar and offer an outline of the presentation along with resources and tools.

  • Non-ICU Feedback Sheet

    Performance Improvement tool which is meant to be used for concurrent review of medical records of patients who are not in ICU but meet the criteria for sepsis bundles. This tool will assist in determining if the Sepsis Quality Indicators are being met on a timely basis.

  • Non-ICU Severe Sepsis

    Screening tool, for non ICU patients, to help staff identify patients who have severe sepsis and prompts actions to take in the event the patient meets criteria. This tool can be adapted to your hospital process.

  • ICU Severe Sepsis

    Screening tool, for ICU patients, to help staff identify patients who have severe sepsis and prompts actions to take in the event the patient meets criteria. This tool can be adapted to your hospital process.

  • Two-Sided Badge Card

    Quick reference badge card to help remind staff of the timeliness of the sepsis bundle interventions.