Even in the face of increased pressure from regulators, many doctors have failed to fully embrace early screening and treatment protocols for sepsis, an infection-related complication that afflicts ...

New York hospitals must report sepsis-related data to the state Department of Health. The establishment of mandatory sepsis protocols at all hospitals in New York State is estimated to have saved more ...

This new sepsis protocol is saving time and saving lives, according to this CNO. CNOs everywhere need to be concerned about sepsis. According to the CDC, 1.7 million American adults develop sepsis ...

Deaths from sepsis declined during the 2 years following implementation of a state mandate requiring hospitals to follow sepsis care bundles and report on patient outcomes, according to a study ...

E. coli is one of the bacteria that can cause sepsis. Sepsis is the leading cause of death in U.S. hospitals, killing about a quarter of a million Americans each year. New research from the University ...

Sepsis is the leading cause of hospital deaths in the United States; New York was the first state to require the adoption of evidence-based protocols for the rapid identification and treatment of ...

The implementation of an electronic sepsis protocol coincided with greater use of broad-spectrum antibiotics and an increase of Clostridium difficile infections at a teaching hospital, according to ...

February 14, 2012 (Houston, Texas) — The implementation of a formal process for identifying and managing sepsis in the emergency department (ED) and intensive care unit (ICU) can save money and, more ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The 2006 Pediatric Advanced Life Support guidelines can help reduce the duration of pediatric hospital stays ...

Hospitals that treat a larger population of black patients see slower improvements in sepsis care than hospitals that treat more white patients, according to a study published in Health Affairs. In ...

Dr. Donald Berwick contributed significantly to this article. Sepsis kills more than 210,000 Americans each year, equal to the population of Rochester, New York. Sepsis is a bloodstream infection that ...