title: Christiana slashes sepsis mortality rate.
abstract: *Special packet for staff members includes treatment algorithm, care management guidelines, and ED treatment order set. *Strategies stress proper antibiotic administration, rapid fluid resuscitation, and early central venous catheter placement. *Rapid response teams become vectors to administer treatment outside the ED.
mesh_terms: D001363:Awards and Prizes; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D003691:Delaware / Q000453:epidemiology; D017052:Hospital Mortality / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D018805:Sepsis / Q000401:mortality*