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Getting to Zero Sepsis Infections in a Nursing Home
In this infection prevention and control success story, Westward Trails Nursing and Rehabilitation shares tips on how it has decreased to almost zero new sepsis diagnoses due to early recognition within its facility.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 09/12/2024    Date Last Modified: Sep 12 2024 12:41PM  
SEPSIS: Sepsis Education Prevention – Signs and Immediate Steps
Sepsis can be tricky to spot, but it’s crucial. Without prompt treatment, sepsis can cause tissue damage, organ failure and even death. Watch this 5-minute Powtoon to learn the signs and symptoms in a nursing home setting.
Video    Date Added: 07/23/2024    Date Last Modified: Jul 24 2024 10:40AM  
Life After Sepsis
This two-page document from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gives an overview of what to expect when recovering from sepsis.
Web link    Date Added: 07/07/2024    Date Last Modified: Jul 3 2024 6:29PM  
Infections and the Immune System
This two-page document from the Sepsis Alliance gives an overview of the causes of sepsis, how to identify sepsis and the urgent nature of sepsis.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 07/04/2024    Date Last Modified: Jul 3 2024 6:21PM  
Sepsis fact sheet: a potentially deadly outcome from an infection
This two-page document from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gives an overview of the signs and symptoms of sepsis, and how it is diagnosed and treated.
Web link    Date Added: 07/04/2024    Date Last Modified: Jul 3 2024 6:25PM  
Sepsis and Long-Term Care
This Sepsis Alliance webpage provides an overview of risks for long-term care residents who are at increased risk for developing infections and sepsis.
Web link    Date Added: 07/03/2024    Date Last Modified: Jul 3 2024 6:12PM  
Sepsis Alliance
The Sepsis Alliance is an organization whose mission is to save lives and reduce suffering by improving sepsis awareness and care. Visit the website to download resources to share with your clinical staff, residents, patients and their loved ones.
Web link    Date Added: 07/03/2024    Date Last Modified: Jul 3 2024 6:16PM  
Making Health Care Safer. Think Sepsis. Time Matters.
This four-page overview and fact sheet from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides details of what occurs when sepsis is not recognized and treated.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 07/01/2024    Date Last Modified: Jun 28 2024 4:52PM  
SBAR for Sepsis: Rehabilitation, Long-Term Acute Care, Nursing Home
Nursing home staff can use this one page, fillable form to perform an initial evaluation of a nursing home resident's change in condition. This form will help the nursing home staff member record the situation, background, conduct an assessment and make a recommendation (SBAR) when they are ready to speak with a physician, nurse practitioner or other health care provider to discuss next steps to help treat a resident who is suspected of developing sepsis.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 07/01/2024    Date Last Modified: Jun 28 2024 5:03PM  
Nursing Home Connect: Oral Health to Prevent Sepsis and Pneumonia
Listen to this June 20, 2024, Nursing Home Connect webinar recording from the TMF Quality Innovation Network to hear TMF Health Quality Institute’s LaNeidra Williams and Betsy Beard, registered dental hygienists, discuss how proper oral care can protect residents from developing pneumonia and/or sepsis.
Video    Date Added: 06/24/2024    Date Last Modified: Oct 24 2024 3:55PM  
Nursing Home Connect: Sepsis 101
Watch this updated TMF Quality Innovation Network Nursing Home Connect webinar recording from June 11, 2024, to learn about nursing home facility infection control procedures, including vaccinations, as a way to prevent sepsis and associated hospital readmissions.
Video    Date Added: 06/13/2024    Date Last Modified: Jul 24 2024 10:41AM  
Sepsis: Every Minute Counts (NH)
This flyer helps nursing homes identify sepsis and determine what to do if sepsis is suspected.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 05/22/2024    Date Last Modified: May 22 2024 2:36PM  
Nursing Home Connect: Sepsis Prevention - Pneumonia
Readmissions linked to sepsis are common and costly. Listen to this May 16, 2024, webinar recording to hear from TMF Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization specialists who discuss key prevention and early detection strategies associated with pneumonia diagnoses.
Video    Date Added: 05/17/2024    Date Last Modified: Aug 1 2024 11:00AM  
Sepsis Badge Card: Infections and SIRS
Cut out these sepsis badge cards to insert in nursing home staff badge holders.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 05/15/2024    Date Last Modified: May 15 2024 2:19PM  
Sepsis Badge Card: Medical Emergency
Cut out these sepsis badge cards to insert in nursing home staff badge holders.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 05/15/2024    Date Last Modified: May 15 2024 2:18PM  
Sepsis: What Is It?
This infographic describes what sepsis is and how to respond to this life-threatening condition.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 05/13/2024    Date Last Modified: May 13 2024 6:30AM  
SBAR for Sepsis
Use this situation, background, assessment, recommendation (SBAR) tool to enhance caregiver-to-physician communication while discussing a change in a resident's status.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 05/13/2024    Date Last Modified: May 14 2024 9:02AM  
Nursing Home Connect: Sepsis Prevention: Surgical Site and Wound Infections
Listen to this May 9, 2024, Nursing Home Connect webinar recording to learn how your entire interdisciplinary team can prevent, identify and get ahead of wound infections that can lead to life-threatening sepsis.
Video    Date Added: 05/10/2024    Date Last Modified: May 10 2024 10:45AM  
4 Ways to Get Ahead of Sepsis
This Centers for Disease Control and Prevention infographic provides an overview of ways to prevent developing sepsis.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 05/07/2024    Date Last Modified: May 22 2024 12:49PM  
Nursing Home Connect: Sepsis Due to Urinary Tract Infections
Listen to this May 2, 2024, Nursing Home Connect webinar recording from the TMF Quality Innovation Network to learn how sepsis develops from a urinary tract infection. Listeners will also learn the symptoms of sepsis, risk factors for developing a sepsis infection and how to diagnosis and treat it, and most importantly, how to prevent a sepsis infection in the first place.
Video    Date Added: 05/06/2024    Date Last Modified: May 6 2024 10:00AM  
Infection Prevention Word Search
This PDF provides a word search game focused on infection prevention.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 04/18/2024    Date Last Modified: Apr 18 2024 4:25PM  
Think Sepsis Quick Reference Guide
This sepsis quick reference guide provides the clinical signs and symptoms of infection in nursing residents, helping caregivers determine when to call a doctor.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 04/03/2024    Date Last Modified: Apr 25 2024 8:00PM  
Post-Acute Care Sepsis Early Identification and Treatment Pathway
This post-acute care tool helps caregivers quickly identify the signs and symptoms of sepsis and begin treatment.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 04/03/2024    Date Last Modified: Apr 18 2024 4:16PM  
LTC Connect: Reducing Hospitalizations Due to Facility-Acquired Infections, Part 2 – : Sepsis and Pneumonia
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.
Video    Date Added: 04/24/2023    Date Last Modified: Aug 1 2024 11:00AM  
Sepsis Word Games
This webpage provides downloadable sepsis word game templates for word search, crossword puzzles and unscramble the words.
Web link    Date Added: 04/18/2023    Date Last Modified: Apr 18 2024 4:23PM  
Best Practice Pocket Cards Spread Knowledge
This series of nearly 20 different infection prevention reference cards from the Health Quality Innovation Network can be downloaded and shared with frontline health care staff. Topics include enhanced barrier precautions, personal protective equipment, cleaning and disinfection, and transmission-based precautions.
Web link    Date Added: 04/17/2023    Date Last Modified: May 8 2024 3:29PM  
Nursing Home Office Hours: Getting Ahead of Sepsis
In this Nov. 15, 2022, recording, TMF QIN-QIO specialists discuss infection control procedures, including COVID-19 vaccinations, as a way to prevent sepsis.
Video    Date Added: 11/21/2022    Date Last Modified: Feb 8 2023 4:44PM  
Get Ahead of Sepsis Educational Materials
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).
Web link    Date Added: 11/21/2022    Date Last Modified: Oct 16 2024 4:26PM  
Sepsis Zone Tool
Common infections can sometimes lead to sepsis. This poster provides information on identifying signs of infection and sepsis at home.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 03/08/2017    Date Last Modified: Jun 19 2024 1:22PM  
Early Identification of Sepsis Saves Lives
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.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 02/23/2016    Date Last Modified: Jun 26 2024 5:24PM  
Early Identification of Sepsis Saves Lives - Spanish for Puerto Rico
This resource in Spanish for Puerto Rico describes the rapid progression of sepsis and why early identification and treatment is key to saving lives.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 08/12/2024    Date Last Modified: Aug 12 2024 1:58PM  
Sepsis: Every Minute Counts (NH) — Spanish for Puerto Rico
This flyer in Spanish for Puerto Rico helps nursing homes identify sepsis and determine what to do if sepsis is suspected.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 06/27/2024    Date Last Modified: Jun 27 2024 8:51AM  
Sepsis: What Is It? — Spanish for Puerto Rico
This infographic in Spanish for Puerto Rico describes what sepsis is and how to respond to this life-threatening condition.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 06/04/2024    Date Last Modified: Jun 4 2024 11:31AM  
Think Sepsis Quick Reference Guide — Spanish for Puerto Rico
This sepsis quick reference guide in Spanish for Puerto Rico provides the clinical signs and symptoms of infection in nursing residents, helping caregivers determine when to call a doctor.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 06/04/2024    Date Last Modified: Jun 4 2024 12:00PM  
Post-Acute Care Sepsis Early Identification and Treatment Pathway — Spanish for Puerto Rico
This post-acute care tool in Spanish for Puerto Rico helps caregivers quickly identify the signs and symptoms of sepsis and begin treatment.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 05/30/2024    Date Last Modified: May 30 2024 11:08AM  
Early Identification of Sepsis Save Lives - U.S. Spanish
This resource in U.S. Spanish describes the rapid progression of sepsis and why early identification and treatment is key to saving lives.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 08/12/2024    Date Last Modified: Aug 12 2024 1:59PM  
Sepsis: Every Minute Counts (NH) — U.S. Spanish
This U.S. Spanish flyer helps nursing homes identify sepsis and determine what to do if sepsis is suspected.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 06/27/2024    Date Last Modified: Jun 27 2024 8:49AM  
Think Sepsis Quick Reference Guide — U.S. Spanish
This sepsis quick reference guide in U.S. Spanish provides the clinical signs and symptoms of infection in nursing residents, helping caregivers determine when to call a doctor.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 06/04/2024    Date Last Modified: Jun 4 2024 11:58AM  
Sepsis: What Is It? — U.S. Spanish
This infographic in U.S. Spanish describes what sepsis is and how to respond to this life-threatening condition.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 06/04/2024    Date Last Modified: Jun 4 2024 11:28AM  
Post-Acute Care Sepsis Early Identification and Treatment Pathway — U.S. Spanish
This post-acute care tool in U.S. Spanish helps caregivers quickly identify the signs and symptoms of sepsis and begin treatment.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 05/30/2024    Date Last Modified: May 30 2024 11:06AM