Four consecutive yearly point-prevalence studies in Wales indicate lack of improvement in sepsis care on the wards.

ABSTRACT: The 'Sepsis Six' bundle was promoted as a deliverable tool outside of the critical care settings, but there is very little data available on the progress and change of sepsis care outside the critical care environment in the UK. Our aim was to compare the yearly prevalence, outcome and the Sepsis Six bundle compliance in patients at risk of mortality from sepsis in non-intensive care environments. Patients with a National Early Warning Score (NEWS) of 3 or above and suspected or proven infection were enrolled into four yearly 24-h point prevalence studies, carried out in fourteen hospitals across Wales from 2016 to 2019. We followed up patients to 30 days between 2016-2019 and to 90 days between 2017 and 2019. Out of the 26,947 patients screened 1651 fulfilled inclusion criteria and were r

SUBMITTER: Kopczynska M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8355110 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature