Description
At Texas Children’s Hospital we worked to decrease morbidity and mortality due to one of the leading causes of death in children- sepsis. One strategy used was to create a sepsis score tool which lead to a Best Practice Alert helping to increase awareness and communication. Since implementation in acute care, the provider accepted the BPA 29% of the time and put the patient on the sepsis pathway and with that we have seen a decrease in mortality from sepsis within our institution.
Describe the new knowledge and additional skills the participant will gain after attending your presentation.: Attendees will understand the process of design and implementation of a sepsis screening tool for the acute care floor. They will appreciate how use of decision support for increase awareness can help improve morbidity and mortality in sepsis.
Authors:
Lauren Hess (Presenter)
Baylor College of Medicine
Amy Jeppesen, Texas Children's Hospital
Ricardo Quinonez, Baylor College of Medicine
Mona Shah, Baylor College of Medicine
Anthony Bodnar, Texas Children's Hospital
Marla Daves, Baylor College of Medicine
Terri Brown, Texas Children's Hospital
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