Both the diagnosis and management of infectious diseases in hospitalized patients remain prominent clinical challenges and are associated with a substantial financial burden for healthcare systems.

Sepsis is poorly understood, difficult to identify, and even harder to predict. Consistent stakeholder involvement may be key to identifying precisely where and how a sepsis early warning system could ...

Our bodies are very good at fighting infection. The immune system reacts and attacks bacteria and viruses that make us sick. But sometimes the immune reaction is so strong that it damages the body.

Nurses are the main caregivers in the hospital setting. As frontline staff, nurses with the skill set and empowerment in sepsis awareness can truly influence sepsis outcomes. Nurses in the emergency ...

An official from Houston Methodist Hospital shared lessons learned from the organizations’ sepsis care improvement initiative implementation in the March 2016 edition of The Joint Commission Journal ...