Hi Everyone, Our hospital is in the process of going live with an ED Sepsis Alert. We were able to get the lab to recognize a critical value for lactate that would trigger the lab to call the RN and the RN to notify the provider. My concern is that the level we chose was 4 or >. The data that we have collected on our own patients so far, even those in septic shock, rarely have a lactate as high as 4. What are other hospitals using for a lactate to trigger an alert? Juanita
Juanita Fernandes, RN, BSN, CEN Emergency Department Nurse Educator Concord Hospital 250 Pleasant Street Concord, New Hampshire 03301 (603) 227-7000 ext. 3138 Pager (603) 221-1104
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