Alecia, We have incorporated the SIRS criteria and lactic acid into a MEWS tool developed in the last year. The reliability, usability, and acceptability results are being presented in Prague, Czech Republic this summer at the STTI International Research Congress. In the Fall, we plan on rolling out the tool being piloted and continue our research looking at outcomes. The premise that the septic patient is at-risk for deterioration and that over 80% of our cardiac resuscitative efforts are patients with sepsis led to the inclusion of a dual screening/scoring of physiological and laboratory findings for sepsis/deteriorating condition every four hours outside of our ICUs that leads to the set algorithm directing care.
Jamie Jamie Roney, RN, BSN, BSHCM, CCRN covenant health sepsis coordinator "Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected." ~Steve Jobs 3615 19th Street, Lubbock, TX 79410 T: (806) 725-4689 C: (806) 773-1914 www.covenanthealth.org<http://www.covenanthealth.org/> ...................................................................................... [cid:[email protected]][cid:[email protected]]<http://www.facebook.com/CovenantHealth> [cid:[email protected]] <http://twitter.com/#!/@covhs> [cid:[email protected]] <http://www.everymomentmatters.org/> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Katzaman, Alecia Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 8:50 AM To: '[email protected]' Subject: [Sepsis Groups] MEWS Is anyone having the nurses or providers use MEWS score for patients with sepsis/septic shock? If so, how did you implement? Alecia Fick, MSN, RN Emergency Department Quality Improvement Coordinator [cid:[email protected]] P.O. Box 16052 Reading, PA 19612-6052 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> www.readinghealth.org<http://www.readinghealth.org/> PHONE: 484-628-4810 Advancing Health. Transforming Lives. This is a confidential document generated as part of the Patient Safety, Quality Improvement and/or Peer Review process(es) and its content is protected by Pennsylvania law. It is intended only for the addressee(s). Unauthorized review, forwarding, printing, copying, distributing or using such information for reasons other than Patient Safety, Quality Improvement and/or Peer Review is strictly prohibited. If you have received this material in error, or if you have reason to believe you are not authorized to receive it, please promptly notify the sender by telephone, and return or shred the material. ________________________________ ----- Email Disclaimer ----- This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and are intended for the named recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any copying, disclosure, dissemination, distribution or review of it or its contents is prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender and immediately delete this email from your system. --------------------------------------- ________________________________ Notice from St. Joseph Health System: Please note that the information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure.
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