Sepsis

Get Ahead of Sepsis is a national educational effort that emphasizes the importance of early recognition, timely treatment, reassessment of antibiotic needs, and prevention of infections. Here are sepsis fact sheets, infographics, posters, brochures and social media content from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

This PDF provides a word search game focused on infection prevention.

This April 20, 2023, LTC Connect recording focuses on reducing hospitalizations due to pneumonia and sepsis facility-acquired infections. TMF Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization specialists reviewed pneumonia and sepsis in the nursing home setting and explore how to reduce hospitalizations by creating clinical champions and using advance care planning.

Register to attend this Nursing Home Connect webinar on Thursday, May 16, 2024, at 1:30–2:30 p.m. CT. Readmissions linked to sepsis are common and costly. TMF QIN-QIO specialists will discuss key prevention and early detection strategies associated with pneumonia diagnoses.

Register to attend this Nursing Home Connect webinar on Thursday, May 2, 2024, at 1:30–2:30 p.m. CT. Sepsis is the body’s extreme reaction to an untreated infection and is a life-threatening emergency. TMF QIN-QIO specialists explain how sepsis develops from a urinary tract infection (UTI), the symptoms, risk factors, diagnosis, treatment and most importantly, prevention.

The TMF QIN hosts weekly Nursing Home Connect webinars on Thursdays at 1:30 CT. Here are the topics for May 2024, which include a sepsis series. Register now.

Register to attend this Nursing Home Connect webinar on Thursday, May 9, 2024, at 1:30–2:30 p.m. CT. Learn how your entire interdisciplinary team can prevent, identify and get ahead of wound infections that can lead to life-threatening sepsis.

Listen to this TMF Quality Innovation Network Nursing Home Connect webinar recording from April 11, 2024, to learn about nursing home facility infection control procedures, including vaccinations, as a way to prevent sepsis and associated hospital readmissions.

In this Nov. 15, 2022, recording, TMF QIN-QIO specialists discuss infection control procedures, including COVID-19 vaccinations, as a way to prevent sepsis.

This post-acute care tool helps caregivers quickly identify the signs and symptoms of sepsis and begin treatment.

This presentation is from the April 20, 2023, LTC Connect webinar, "Reducing Hospitalizations Due to Facility-acquired Infections, Part 2: Sepsis and Pneumonia."

Use this situation, background, assessment, recommendation (SBAR) tool to enhance caregiver-to-physician communication while discussing a change in a resident's status.

This toolkit is designed to educate nursing home staff, residents and families about the early identification of sepsis in order to decrease the morbidity and mortality associated with severe sepsis and septic shock. It will also assist in decreasing readmissions related to sepsis.

This webpage provides downloadable sepsis word game templates for word search, crossword puzzles and unscramble the words.

This sepsis quick reference guide provides the clinical signs and symptoms of infection in nursing residents, helping caregivers determine when to call a doctor.