We a lactic of >2 Ellen Kane, RN, MSN, CPHQ Quality Specialist Quality Department
Dignity Health St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center 350 West Thomas Road Phoenix, AZ 85013 602-406-4939 (O) 602-746-0725 (P) 602-406-4115 (F) [email protected] Caution: This email is both proprietary and confidential, and not intended for transmission to or receipt by any unauthorized persons. If you believe that it has been received by you in error, do not read any attachments. Instead, kindly reply to the sender stating that you have received the message in error. Then destroy it and any attachments. Thank you. From: Sepsisgroups [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Juanita Fernandes Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2014 8:27 AM To: '[email protected]' Subject: [Sepsis Groups] Lactate critical value trigger for Sepsis Alert 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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