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Hospital Sepsis Program Core Elements References and Resources

The Core Elements are intended to build upon the work of a number of initiatives related to sepsis that have been developed over the years. This references and resources list contains links to some practical resources that can help hospitals improve specific aspects of their sepsis programs.

Hospital-based Sepsis Screening Tool Examples

• The UK Sepsis Trust, Clinical Tools, 2022
• Intermountain Healthcare, Recognition and Management of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Care Process Model, November 2023 [PDF – 4 Pages]
• New South Wales Government Excellence Commission, Adult Sepsis Pathway [PDF – 2 Pages]
• Pediatric Septic Shock Collaborative Triage Trigger Tool [PDF – 1 Page]

Hospital Guidelines and/or Clinical Pathways
addressing sepsis management examples

• MD Anderson Cancer Center, Inpatient Sepsis Management – Adult, December 2022 [PDF – 6 Pages]
• Children’s Hospital Colorado, Sepsis Pathway: Initial Management, January 2021 [PDF – 10 Pages]
• University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, Sepsis: Diagnosis and Management – Adult – Inpatient/Emergency Department Clinical Practice Guideline, January 2021 [PDF – 16 Pages]
• Intermountain Healthcare, Recognition and Management of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Care Process Model, November 2023 [PDF – 4 Pages]
• Stanford Health, Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Antibiotic Guide, May 2017 [PDF – 6 Pages]
• Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Guideline for the Evaluation, Diagnosis, and Empiric Treatment of Infection, April 2012 [PDF – 4 Pages]

Additional Sepsis Program Resources

• Michigan Hospital Safety Consortium, HMS Sepsis Toolkit, November 2023

Regulatory References

• The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital Inpatient Specifications Manuals, Section 2.1 – Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock (SEP)
• New York State Department of Health, NYS Sepsis Care Improvement Initiative and NYS Regulations

Educational Resources
for healthcare professional, patients, families, and caregivers

Healthcare professional resources:

• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Get Ahead of Sepsis Healthcare Professional Information
• BMJ Best Practice, Sepsis in Adults, June 2023
• END SEPSIS, Resources
• The Sepsis Alliance Institute

Patient, family, and caregiver resources:

• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Get Ahead of Sepsis Patient Information
• END SEPSIS, Resources
• JAMA Patient Page Postsepsis Morbidity, January 2018
• Sepsis Alliance, Patients & Family Resources
• University of Michigan Medicine, COVID-19 Resources for Patients and Families.