The sepsis screen should not change. If a patient with flu presents with organ dysfunction, the treatment should be aggressive.
Patty Cormack From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Karin Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 2:07 PM To: Sue Beswick Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Sepsis Groups] Changing ED sepsis screen during flu season Flu kills more people per year than MVCs, so warrant labs and lactate. Elevated lactate regardless of cause associated with increased mortality. Karin Sent from my iPhone On Dec 13, 2012, at 6:28 AM, Sue Beswick <[email protected]> wrote: There are some concerns that we will be doing extra/unnecessary testing (blood culture, Lactate, etc) with all of the flu patients who have a temp and increased heart rate during the flu season. Do any of your facilities, modify your sepsis screen in ED for flu? Do you look at the known or suspected infection and say probable flu so does not meet sepsis screen? Thanks Sue Sue Beswick RN, MS, CCNS, CCRN Clinical Nurse Specialist - MSICU Greenville Hosptial System University Medical Center Greenville, SC Office: 864-455-4884 AACN Theme "Dare To" What are you going to dare to do this year? _______________________________________________ Sepsisgroups mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sepsisgroups.org/listinfo.cgi/sepsisgroups-sepsisgroups.org This message (including any attachments) is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed, and is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete the message (including any attachments) and notify the originator that you received the message in error. Any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifies and with authority, states them to be the views of West Suburban Medical Center. This footer also confirms that this email message has been scanned for the presence of computer viruses.
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