Good afternoon! At Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, we have been involved with the early identification of sepsis/severe sepsis/septic shock since early 2004. In 2009, our Rapid Response Team starting screening their patients for the presence of hospital acquired sepsis. We are ready to take the next steps in preventing severe sepsis/septic shock by having the bedside nurse screen for sepsis daily. The key is prevention. Could you please take a minute and reply to the following questions. We are trying to determine the best way to conquer this huge project. Thank you for your time.
Please respond directly to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> 1. Are you using an Early Warning Score to alert your Rapid Response Team? If not, what is the trigger to alert your RRT? 1. Are you currently screening only one population of patients for the presence of sepsis or do you screen all patients? 1. What staff members @ your medical center currently screening patients for the presence of sepsis/severe sepsis/septic shock [bedside RN, RRT, etc.]? 1. How often are patients screened for sepsis [daily, q12 hrs....]? 1. Do you use a "Code Sepsis" to alert an interdisciplinary team to the bedside for the septic patient? Who is involved on the team? 1. What is your inpatient process to assure that the antibiotic for the septic patient is administered within 1 hour of identification? * Do you have standing orders for the septic patients antibiotics? * Do you take verbal orders for the antibiotics prior to provider arrival? * Do you stock the antibiotics in unit drug dispenser? * Do you have a "Code Sepsis" kit that includes antibiotics? * If so, which antibiotics are available? 1. How did you provide sepsis education? * To the bedside nurses? * House staff? * Faculty? * Was the education mandatory? 1. What performance feedback do you provide and to whom? And how? Thank you for taking your time. Donna Mitten-Long, RN BSN Quality Improvement Coordinator Quality Assessment ________________________________ Wake Forest Baptist Health Medical Center Boulevard Winston-Salem, NC 27157 * 336-716-4868| 7 336-716-7212| * [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> SUSPECT SEPSIS: Save someone's life today CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVILEGED The information transmitted in this email is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. P please consider the environment before printing this email
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