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Handout: Strategies for Preventing Sepsis and Septic Shock in a Hospital Setting
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The Implementation Toolkit by the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) provides guidance on engaging hospital leaders in sepsis prevention, identification, and management. Sepsis hospitalizations in the United States reach approximately 1.7 million annually, with sepsis being associated with one in two hospital deaths. The economic burden of sepsis on hospitals is significant, accounting for over $40 billion in Medicare costs alone. Hospital leaders play a crucial role in addressing sepsis through prevention, early identification, and management, as it directly impacts a hospital's fiscal health and reputation. Barriers to implementing evidence-based practices include the inability to apply recent evidence in local hospital contexts. Effective communication strategies, such as policy briefs, and resources like digital educational materials can facilitate the engagement of hospital leaders.<br /><br />Engaging hospital leaders follows a multistep process, including establishing a mandate for change that aligns with overall hospital objectives, cultivating trust through involvement of key opinion leaders and engagement with governing bodies, and creating a stakeholder-driven vision that builds on local hospital strengths. Policy briefs highlighting cost-effective opportunities for informatic streamlining can be presented to hospital leaders as a tool to drive change.<br /><br />The toolkit provides resources and tools for developing effective communication strategies, including literature such as research studies on sepsis mortality, resource utilization, and healthcare costs, as well as tools like webcasts, seminars, and decision-making frameworks. The SCCM Diagnostic Excellence Program, which focuses on accurate and rapid-cycle sepsis diagnosis, is also highlighted as a resource for further learning.<br /><br />It is important to note that the toolkit is for educational purposes only and does not endorse any specific test, physician, product, procedure, or opinion.
Keywords
Implementation Toolkit
Society of Critical Care Medicine
sepsis prevention
sepsis identification
sepsis management
hospital leaders
hospital deaths
economic burden of sepsis
evidence-based practices
communication strategies
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