According to the 2008 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Center for Health Stati...

September 16th, 2016
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The hospital began working on its sepsis initiative in January 2014, after root cause analysis sh...

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Evidence-based practice supports early goal-directed therapy for patients with sepsis. Improving ...

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The project focused on managing sepsis in the emergency department and in admitted patients, with...

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Sepsis is a medical condition with high rates of morbidity, mortality and cost and it is the most...

September 16th, 2016
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Each year more than one million patients in the United States are diagnosed with sepsis, a condit...

October 26th, 2015
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Kennedy Health Decreases Sepsis BackgroundKennedy Health is an integrated health delivery system...

October 20th, 2015
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Failure to rescue is the failure to recognize or act upon the patient's decline in condition resu...

October 6th, 2015
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In 2009, a multi-pronged approach involving all stakeholders was launched aimed at early identifi...

June 8th, 2015
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July 2009-October 2011 baseline data for the blood culture contamination rate in the ED showed it...

June 8th, 2015
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Strengthening - Treatment - Outcomes - Patients Elmhurst Hospital Center participated in develop...

October 9th, 2014
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The purpose of the project was to improve the recognition and early goal directed treatment of pa...

March 12th, 2013
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A quality improvement project using Lean Six Sigma DMAIC method in a 500-bed tertiary medical cen...

June 1st, 2012
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Shortcomings in the treatment for patients with severe sepsis and septic shock were observed. An ...

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South Nassau Communities Hospital's goal for this initiative was to ensure rapid identification o...

February 1st, 2012
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Senior leaders at Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, knew the system's community-acq...

August 23rd, 2010
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The Problem Severe sepsis is one of the most significant challenges in critical care. Although S...

October 8th, 2009
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