title: Sepsis guideline implementation: benefits, pitfalls and possible solutions.
abstract: Clinical practice guidelines are useful in improving quality of care and outcomes, reducing inappropriate variation in practice, promoting efficient use of resources, informing and empowering patients and informing public policy. However, difficulties arise when guidelines are poorly introduced into routine daily practice and, as a consequence, many patients do not receive the care intended or receive harmful or unnecessary care.
authors.forename: Niranjan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kissoon
mesh_terms: D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*