Sepsis toolkit
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Provides a collection of tools, knowledge, and current guidance to support the identifying and appropriate management of patients with sepsis.
National reports and legislation
Below are some of the most significant national reports and documents relating to sepsis.
Significant national reports
- Sepsis: Just Say Sepsis National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcomes and Death (NCEPOD), (2015)
- An avoidable death of a three-year-old child from sepsis A report by the Health Service Ombudsman for England
- Time to Act: Severe Sepsis rapid diagnosis and treatment saves lives Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (2014)
- Root Cause Analysis Investigation Report 2014/41975. A Report on a multi-organisational investigation into the unexpected death from sepsis. NHS England and Kernow CCG (2016)
- Sepsis and the NHS – Annual Review by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sepsis APPG Sepsis 2015
- RCGP Sepsis Summit Consensus Report 2017
- Meningococcal Working Group Report
International Definitions and NICE Guidance
- The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3) Singer M, Deutschman CS, Seymour CW, et al.