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A comprehensive set of Sepsis resources, including websites, videos and articles.​​​​​​​

Websites

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

This site is required reading for information on resources for patients as well as healthcare providers. Patients can be provided with downloadable one-page sheets regarding basic information, fact sheets and sepsis Q & A. Providers can find clinical guidelines, bundles and screening tools, in addition to links to education and training content, some for CME credit. The data reports provided by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) will serve as a foundation for your development of sepsis reports and presentations for possible QI projects.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) mission is to produce evidence to make health care safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and affordable, and to work within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and with other partners to make sure that the evidence is understood and used. The site has a searchable resource library that provides information for patients, professionals and policymakers. Sepsis materials include statistics about sepsis in various populations (racial, gender, age, etc.), clinical guidelines and toolkits, a library of sepsis resources and education and training.

Surviving Sepsis Campaign

The Surviving Sepsis Campaign is a joint collaboration of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine committed to reducing mortality from severe sepsis and septic shock worldwide. Initiated in 2002, the Campaign progressed via publication of 3 editions of evidence-based guidelines, implementation of a performance improvement program, and analysis and publication of data from more than 30,000 patient charts collected around the world. Now recommitted to increasing the number of hospitals contributing data to 10,000 worldwide, to applying the guidelines to 100% of patients in whom the diagnosis is suspected, and to developing a strategy to improve the care of septic patients in under-resourced areas, the Campaign invites you to download the Surviving Sepsis Declaration and share it with the team at your hospital. This website provides guidelines, bundles, and other resources to begin or enhance your hospital’s work on detecting and treating sepsis.

Clinical Excellence Commission

The Clinical Excellence Commission (CEC) is responsible for leading safety and quality improvement in the New South Wales (NSW), Australia public health system. It was established in 2004 to promote and support improved clinical care, safety and quality across NSW. The CEC is guided by NSW Health values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment. The website contains Sepsis tools such as antibiotic, blood culture and IV resuscitation guidelines, publications and educational materials, such as an ‘Adult Sepsis Pathway for Inpatients’. You will also find implementation guidelines, videos, evaluation resources, and a newsletter. This is an excellent website!

The JAMA Network

This site contains a wealth of information and resources for understanding Sepsis. It is also a rich resource for developing materials related to Sepsis, such as the article that was written as a result of the critical care task force that proposed the new definitions for sepsis and septic shock and the newly developed SOFA score as a method of identifying patients with sepsis (JAMA. 2016;315(8):801-810. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.0287). The site also contains many related articles and multi-media links.

University of Pittsburgh Department of Critical Care Medicine: quick SEPSIS RELATED ORGAN FAILURE ASSESSMENT (qSOFA)

This site was developed by University of Pittsburgh Department of Critical Care Medicine, as a resource of research and data sources for the qSOFA.

Sepsis Alliance

Sepsis Alliance is a charitable organization run by a team of dedicated laypeople and healthcare professionals who share a strong commitment to battling sepsis. The organization was founded in 2007, by Dr. Carl Flatley, whose daughter Erin died of sepsis when she was 23 years old. Sepsis Alliance was created to raise sepsis awareness among both the general public and healthcare professionals. The website is a source of information and educational material to help the general public become aware of this often deadly condition, and for professionals who can then help the public learn about sepsis when it does strike. The material includes the information available on the website, brochures (also available in Spanish), and videos. There are resources geared to medical professionals which contains a section on speaking to patients, with links to one page handouts entitled, “What is Sepsis”, “Sepsis: Understanding Risk”, “and “Sepsis Treatment: A Glossary of Terms”.

Minnesota Hospital Association

This site offers a wealth of resources such as webinar recordings, videos, toolkits and long term care resources that are available free. A ‘Safer Care Sepsis Road Map’ is a short audit checklist that provides an action plan for beginning and maintaining core strategies for early detection and treatment of sepsis/septic shock. The ‘Seeing Sepsis’ toolkit contains posters and algorithms for detecting and treating sepsis, as well as sepsis simulation tools. This website is invaluable!

Stanford Septris Game

This is a fun way to test your knowledge by challenging you to score points by correctly treating 8 patients!

World Sepsis Day

World Sepsis Day is a concept developed by the Global Sepsis Alliance, and operated as a collaborative effort with other organizations and individuals. The Global Sepsis Alliance is a non-profit organization supporting the efforts of over 1 million caregivers in more than 70 countries as they seek to better understand and combat what many experts believe to be the leading cause of death worldwide: sepsis. Their mission is educating medical professionals, informing policymakers, and creating awareness among the general public and the website provides materials for all of these groups. Posters, fact sheets and other materials to promote initiatives related to sepsis can be downloaded for use. The World Sepsis Day newsletter is another resource that is accessed on the website with updates on campaigns, reports, initiatives and journal articles related to sepsis.