- On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the launch of a new initiative to support sepsis teams at U.S. hospitals in light of new data that found a third of patients who die in hospitals had sepsis while hospitalized. The agency said that the Hospital Sepsis Program Core Elements will act as a “manager’s guide” on organizing staff and identifying resources needed to decrease sepsis rates. In a typical year, at least 1.7 million adults in the US develop sepsis, and at least 350,000 die in the hospital or are moved into hospice care. (Articles here, here, and here)
September 11, 2023
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