title: Award-winning program slashes sepsis mortalities.
abstract: ED leaders at Christiana Care Health Services of Wilmington, DE, say a successful sepsis treatment program should bring the same urgency and attention to detailed protocols as you would to victims of heart attack or stroke. Such an approach enabled them to reduce the mortality rate for patients with severe sepsis from 61.7% to 30.2%. Educate your nurses and physicians to recognize the main SIRS (Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome) criteria. Standardized care will lead to earlier, more effective treatment and help eliminate potential complications. The term "golden hour" should not be limited to stroke and myocardial infarction victims. Create a sense of time urgency in your staff.
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001363:Awards and Prizes; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D003691:Delaware; D017052:Hospital Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000639:trends; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D018805:Sepsis / Q000401:mortality*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents