Two new resources have been developed to help clinicians recognise and respond to sepsis and improve patient care.
New Sepsis Alert on EMR
A new Sepsis alert is now available in the EMR. The alert was developed to expedite recognition and response to sepsis and is triggered when a patient’s observations reach 3 or more of the criteria below and will appear on the nurse’s EMR screen.
- Temperature <35.6 or >38.4
- Reduced GCS >2 pts or new onset of confusion
- Bands >10%
- Glucose >7.8mmol/L (excl diabetes)
- Systolic BP <100mmHg
- MAP <65mmHg
- Sp02 <93%
- Bilirubin > 35.0mmol/L
The alert reads as follows:
New ‘Sepsis in adults: Recognition & Response’ Procedure on PROMPT
Working in conjunction with the EMR Alert, a new ‘Sepsis in adults: Recognition & Response’ Pathway Procedure has been developed and is now available on PROMPT.
Please read and familiarise yourself with this new procedure and share it with your clinical colleagues.
Approved by Kate Macdermid and Denise Owen.