Blood cultures, antibiotic therapy boost outcomes in septicemia.
Septicemia is a common diagnosis among nursing home patients, which can result in hospital admission and often unnecessarily long lengths of stay, incorrect coding, and repeat readmissions. At St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa, FL, a process improvement team (PIT) decided to focus its efforts on the management of septicemia patients with results you may want to emulate.
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005431:Florida; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010351:Patient Discharge; D010934:Planning Techniques; D018805:Sepsis / Q000097:blood / Q000145:classification / Q000188:drug therapy*
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