Thank you for all the great feedback on the impact of flu season and if any changed their screening.
The question started with our ED nurses who were concerned about the extra blood-work/testing on some of these patients (trying to be fiscally responsible). One patient complained about all the extra testing. This got the discussion going and we wondered what everyone else was doing. 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? -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 9:55 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Sepsisgroups Digest, Vol 37, Issue 5 Send Sepsisgroups mailing list submissions to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.sepsisgroups.org/listinfo.cgi/sepsisgroups-sepsisgroups.org or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [email protected] You can reach the person managing the list at [email protected] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Sepsisgroups digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Changing ED sepsis screen during flu season (Cormack, Patricia (WS)) 2. flu (PETER B FITTIPALDI) 3. Electronic Sepsis Alert (Proffitt, Robin) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 07:56:03 -0600 From: "Cormack, Patricia (WS)" <[email protected]> To: "Karin" <[email protected]>, "Sue Beswick" <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Sepsis Groups] Changing ED sepsis screen during flu season Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" 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. 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Peter RN, Santa Rosa . ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:00:00 +0000 From: "Proffitt, Robin" <[email protected]> To: "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]> Subject: [Sepsis Groups] Electronic Sepsis Alert Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hello, I am looking for hospitals that have developed electronic sepsis alerts. My hospital is interested in pursuing this and would like to see what has been done successfully out there. Appreciate all feedback! Robin Proffitt, MSN, MBA, RN, CNRN, CCNS, APN Clinical Nurse Specialist Nursing Practice and Quality Johnson City Medical Center Johnson City, Tennessee 37604 423-431-1887 Office 423-610-2033 Pager --------------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from Mountain States Health Alliance. The contents contained herein may contain confidential information. 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