Key points
- Sepsis is a life-threatening medical emergency. If you, your loved one or your patient has an infection that's not getting better or is getting worse, act fast.
- CDC's Get Ahead of Sepsis educational effort helps educate consumers and healthcare providers about the importance of early recognition and timely treatment of sepsis, reassessment of antibiotic needs and prevention of infections.
Goals
The Get Ahead of Sepsis educational effort seeks to optimize healthcare quality and patient safety by raising awareness and knowledge and motivating behavior change related to prevention of infections that can lead to sepsis and early recognition of and appropriate treatment for sepsis among consumer and healthcare provider target audiences.
Resources
Visit the Get Ahead of Sepsis Partner Toolkit to access free educational resources to help you communicate about preventing infections that can lead to sepsis and how to spot it early when it happens.
Visit the Sepsis Communications Collection to explore fact sheets and other downloadable materials from the Get Ahead of Sepsis educational effort.
Explore Materials for Patients.