Sepsis

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This Sepsis Alliance webpage provides an overview of risks for long-term care residents who are at increased risk for developing infections and sepsis.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This flyer helps nursing homes identify sepsis and determine what to do if sepsis is suspected.

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.

Cut out these sepsis badge cards to insert in nursing home staff badge holders.

Cut out these sepsis badge cards to insert in nursing home staff badge holders.

This infographic describes what sepsis is and how to respond to this life-threatening condition.

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

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.

This Centers for Disease Control and Prevention infographic provides an overview of ways to prevent developing sepsis.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

This resource in Spanish for Puerto Rico describes the rapid progression of sepsis and why early identification and treatment is key to saving lives.

This flyer in Spanish for Puerto Rico helps nursing homes identify sepsis and determine what to do if sepsis is suspected.

This infographic in Spanish for Puerto Rico describes what sepsis is and how to respond to this life-threatening condition.

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.

This post-acute care tool in Spanish for Puerto Rico helps caregivers quickly identify the signs and symptoms of sepsis and begin treatment.

This resource in U.S. Spanish describes the rapid progression of sepsis and why early identification and treatment is key to saving lives.

This U.S. Spanish flyer helps nursing homes identify sepsis and determine what to do if sepsis is suspected.

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.

This infographic in U.S. Spanish describes what sepsis is and how to respond to this life-threatening condition.

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