Resources for Sepsis

The Early Identification of Sepsis Saves Lives resource describes the rapid progression of sepsis and why early identification and treatment is key to saving lives.

Download these fact sheets to help educate your staff, colleagues, patients and caregivers on the threat of antibiotic resistance and how to slow its spread.

Improve Early Detection and Management of Sepsis gives a broad overview of the Sepsis Special Innovation Project.

The Life After Sepsis Fact Sheet educates patients and survivors on what they need to know about the types of sepsis and recovering from sepsis. It also includes helpful links for more information beyond the fact sheet.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sepsis page includes basic information, patient resources, clinical guidelines and tools, data reports, videos and more.

This toolkit is designed to educate nursing home staff, residents and families about early identification and treatment of sepsis in order to decrease the progression from sepsis to septic shock, organ dysfunction and death.

Common infections can sometimes lead to sepsis. This poster provides information on identifying signs of infection and sepsis at home.

This webinar features Alis' Walton, BSN, RN, sepsis coordinator with Plaza Medical Center of Fort Worth, discussing how they saved lives with early identification and treatment of sepsis.

In this session of the Feb. 21 Texas and Oklahoma virtual meeting, Marlene Kennard, MA, RRT, CPHQ, discussed early identification and treatment of sepsis.

What are the symptoms of sepsis and what identification and management strategies should health care settings use to treat this condition? Attend this session to hear from Steven Q. Simpson, MD, FCCP, FACP, professor of Medicine, interim director, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Kansas, to learn the best practices your organization should follow.

The Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) resource gives an explanation of what SIRS is and provides definitions of sepsis, severe sepsis and septic shock.

This foundation was created by the parents of Rory Staunton, who was 12 when he died of sepsis following a scrape on the elbow while playing basketball. With the goal of reducing sepsis-related deaths, particularly in children, the foundation provides education and outreach that focuses on faster diagnosis and effective treatment of sepsis.

These guidelines were updated by a consensus committee of 55 international experts in sepsis has updated recommendations to help guide clinicians caring for adult patients with sepsis and septic shock.

Common infections can sometimes lead to sepsis. This poster provides information on identifying signs of infection and sepsis at home. This tool is in Spanish suitable for a Puerto Rican audience.

Common infections can sometimes lead to sepsis. This poster provides information on identifying signs of infection and sepsis at home.