Pathophysiology
Infection plus SIRS
What is Sepsis?
A proven way to drive sepsis bundle compliance
What is the Pink Sheet and Sepsis Order Set?
This percentage represents the nationwide mortality rate for sepsis
What is 30-50%?
These 3 types of infections are the most common causes of sepsis
What is pneumonia, UTI, and wounds/cellulitis?
This resource should be used to educate septic patients and their caregivers prior to discharge
What is the Understanding Sepsis patient education booklet?
Infection plus 2 or more SIRS and at least 1 sign of organ dysfunction.
What is Severe Sepsis?
Lactate, blood cultures, and antibiotics must be done.
What is within 3 hours of severe sepsis time zero?
Sepsis mortality increases every hour by this much with treatment delay
What is 8% per hour?
The use of this device increases a patient's risk for Urosepsis
What is a foley catheter?
These are 3 resources for nursing staff to learn more about sepsis and the protocol
Brianne Long, RN Quality
Unit Educator
Unit Sepsis Champion
Policy
Badge Buddy
Lactate 4.0 or greater
What is Septic Shock?
The Gold Standard for initiating antibiotics and fluids
What is within one hour of severe sepsis time zero?
This percentage of patients are readmitted to the hospital within 90 days after being discharged with sepsis.
What is 40%?
These are 2 simple ways to decrease the risk of sepsis
What are hand hygiene and daily bathing?
This is the resource to be provided to septic patients with either pneumonia, a UTI, or wounds/cellulitis
What is the appropriate video?
This is the number one organ failure found in sepsis
What is kidney failure?
You must look back this many hours to accurately complete the sepsis screening
What is 6 hours?
The higher number of these failures, the higher the sepsis mortality
What is organ failures?
Organisms that have the potential to cause sepsis
What are bacteria, virus, and fungus?
This is how often you must complete sepsis education for LRHS
What is every year?
This is the reason that Lactic Acid elevates in Sepsis
What is tissue hypoperfusion?
The cornerstone of initial resuscitation
What is rapid and aggressive restoration of perfusion via IV fluids within 1 hour?
Currently, LRHS is performing within this percentage of the nation on the sepsis bundle compliance
What is within 10%?
This type of infection frequently leads to an increase in Bilirubin
What is Cholangitis or Cholecystitis?
This website has the most up to date information on sepsis for healthcare professionals, patients, and their caregivers
What is the Sepsis Alliance?