Toolkit
Getting Started
Kentucky Sepsis Consortium Journey
Sepsis Facts
Sepsis Risk Factors
Sepsis Symptoms
Kentucky Sepsis Consortium Resources
KHA Sepsis in Kentucky Report
Poster
To receive a full-size poster for your hospital, contact Deb Campbell.
Process Discovery Tool
Sepsis Screening Tool Badge Card
Pediatric Family Script
Sepsis Supplies List
Consortium Webinars
Articles and Fact Sheets
How to Reduce Hospital-Onset Sepsis - January 30, 2023 - Children's Hospital Association
Life After Sepsis Fact Sheet - January 30, 2023 - CDC, Sepsis Alliance, & Rory Staunton Foundation for Sepsis Prevention
Nurse-Driven Screening Tool for Early Identification of Sepsis in an Intermediate Care Unit Setting - February 2015 - HHS Public Access (Gyang, Shieh, Forsey, Maggio)
Guidance and Sample Policies
Alphabetical Data Dictionary - CMS
Adult Sepsis Policy - T.J. Regional Health
Best Practices for Improving Sepsis Care and Outcomes: Coordinating Sepsis Care Across Your Hospital - Wolters Kluwer
Example Policy - T.J. Regional Health
Hospital Sepsis Program Core Elements: 2023 - CDC
Requirement for Documentation: Fluid Volume Changes in Sepsis Resuscitation - CMS
Sepsis Order Sets - IHI
Sepsis Sample Size Requirements - CMS
Presentations
Hospital-Based Sepsis Care: The Evolving Definition of Sepsis and the Role of the ED Medical Director and Quality Team in Sepsis Care - October 13, 2021 - CMS
Saving Sepsis Patients Protocol and Practice - Rebecca Sell, MD - UC San Diego Health Systems
SEP-1 and Value-Based Purchasing: What You Need to Know to Prepare - Sepsis Alliance
Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Management Bundle - March 24, 2023 - CMS
Staff Awareness Activities
Do You Know a Sepsis Survivor? - Baptist Health
Sepsis Story Questionnaire
Escape Room - Cincinnati Children's
Pizza Document (The sepsis pizza document was provided on top of the pizzas delivered to nursing areas within the hospital.)
Sepsis Quiz Show - Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU
Answer Key - Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU
Tools
Handoff Tool - T.J. Regional Health
Huddle Worksheet - Baptist Health
IP Adult Downtime - Meadowview Regional Medical Center