Medscape spoke with CDC contributors Raymund Dantes, MD, MPH, and Hallie Prescott, MD, MSc, about the new Hospital Sepsis Program Core Elements to help clinicians improve outcomes from sepsis.
While 73% of US hospitals have sepsis teams, only 55% of them report that their team leaders get dedicated time to manage the programs for a medical emergency that affects at least 1.7 million people.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is launching the Hospital Sepsis Program Core Elements to support all U.S. hospitals in ensuring effective teams and resources are in place
(CNN) — In a typical year, at least 1.7 million adults in the US develop sepsis, and at least 350,000 die in the hospital or are moved into hospice care,
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