Sepsis Resources

Browse the Sepsis resources available below. More resources are added monthly!

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Sepsis Resources

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KHA Sepsis Webinar: 2023 NHSN Annual Survey- Hospital Sepsis Management and Practices

wwwOctober 25, 2024sepsiswebinarwww
Sepsis in Kentucky

This publication provides details on the impact of sepsis in Kentucky. The data includes details on hospital utilization due to sepsis and the people who have been impacted by the condition in the Commonwealth. (KHA)

pdfSeptember 17, 2024sepsisreportspdf
Sepsis Process Discovery Tool

Color-coded spreadsheet to assist with identifying breakdowns in best practice (KHA)

, xlsxSeptember 3, 2024process-discovery-tools sepsistoolsxlsx
Blood Culture Process Discovery Tool

Color-coded spreadsheet to assist with identifying breakdowns in best practice (KHA)

, , xlsxSeptember 3, 2024blood-culture process-discovery-tools sepsistoolsxlsx
KHA Sepsis Webinar: Moving the Needle on Bundle Compliance, Part 2

, wwwAugust 22, 2024kha-quality-webinar sepsiswebinarwww
Revised McGeer Criteria Surveillance Checklist Tool

This tool is designed to support facility healthcare-associated infection surveillance using the revised McGeer criteria. (Alliant Health Solutions)

, wwwAugust 15, 2024infection-prevention sepsistoolswww
AHS HAI Surveillance & Dashboard Tool

The Alliant Health Solutions (AHS) Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) Surveillance & Dashboard tool is a modifiable spreadsheet designed to support nursing facility infection prevention and control (IPC) surveillance.

, wwwAugust 15, 2024infection-prevention sepsistoolswww
Four Ways to Get Ahead of Sepsis

CDC

pdfAugust 15, 2024sepsisfact-sheetpdf
It’s Time to Talk About Sepsis (Spanish)

Para Los Pacientes y sus Familias (CDC)

pdfAugust 15, 2024sepsispdf
It’s Time to Talk About Sepsis (English)

For Patients and Families (CDC)

pdfAugust 15, 2024sepsispdf
Protect Your Patients From Sepsis

For Health Care Professionals (CDC)

pdfAugust 15, 2024sepsisfact-sheetpdf
Sepsis Early Recognition and Response Pathway for Nursing Facilities

Sepsis Fact Sheet for Nursing Facilities (Alliant Health Solutions)

pdfAugust 15, 2024sepsisfact-sheetpdf
Skilled Nursing Facility Value-based Purchasing Program’s Hospital Readmission Measure

For the FY 2025 Program year, the SNF VBP Program will award incentive payments to SNFs based on their performance on the SNF 30-Day All-Cause Readmission Measure (SNFRM). (CMS.gov)

wwwAugust 15, 2024sepsiswww
KHA Sepsis Webinar: Using T2 Technology to Move the Needle on Sepsis: Part 2

, wwwJuly 25, 2024kha-quality-webinar sepsiswebinarwww
Reducing Sepsis and Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) Hospitalizations in Nursing Home Residents

Alliant Health Solutions

pdfJuly 24, 2024sepsispresentationpdf
KHA Sepsis Webinar: Moving the Needle on Bundle Compliance, Part 1

, wwwMay 23, 2024kha-quality-webinar sepsiswebinarwww
Sepsis Gap Analysis Tool for Nursing Facilities

This sepsis gap analysis tool can help facilities assess the difference between actual practice and expected performance of sepsis prevention and management practices (i.e., facility policies and procedures, regulations, or practice guidelines). This tool can support nursing facility

pdfMay 3, 2024sepsistoolspdf
KHA Sepsis Webinar: So You Conquered Sepsis Screening at Triage, Now What?

, April 23, 2024kha-quality-webinar sepsiswebinar
Kentucky Sepsis Consortium Webinar: Sepsis and Palliative Care – The Care Continuum

, wwwMarch 28, 2024infection-prevention sepsiswebinarwww
Guidance for Performing Root Cause Analysis (RCA) With Performance C Improvement Projects (PIPs)

Includes Root Cause Analysis worksheet (Alliant Health Solutions)

pdfFebruary 29, 2024sepsistoolspdf
Kentucky Sepsis Consortium Webinar: Use of Simulation to Promote Best Practice for Obtaining Blood Cultures

, , wwwFebruary 26, 2024blood-culture infection-prevention sepsiswebinarwww
Surviving Sepsis Campaign

Society of Critical Care Medicine

, wwwJanuary 25, 2024infection-prevention sepsiswebsitewww
Kentucky Sepsis Consortium Webinar: Regulating Sepsis Care in New York Hospitals

, wwwDecember 7, 2023infection-prevention sepsiswebinarwww
Hospital Inpatient Specifications Manuals

The Specifications Manual for National Hospital Inpatient Quality Measures contains abstraction guidance and technical specifications to successfully submit the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) hospital inpatient quality measures.

wwwDecember 1, 2023sepsisguidelineswww
SBAR for Resident ERAC Change in Condition

Worksheet with SBAR script (Alliant Health Solutions)

pdfNovember 10, 2023sepsistoolspdf
Kentucky Sepsis Consortium Webinar (October 26, 2023)

, wwwOctober 26, 2023infection-prevention sepsiswebinarwww
Inter-Facility Infection Control Transfer Form

Alliant Health Solutions

pdfOctober 5, 2023sepsisformpdf
KHA Podcast: Sepsis

As part of Sepsis Awareness Month, KHA’s Vice President of Clinical Strategy and Transformation Deb …

, wwwSeptember 26, 2023infection-prevention sepsispodcastwww
Sepsis Toolkit

Kentucky Sepsis Consortium

, pdfSeptember 23, 2023infection-prevention sepsistoolspdf
KHA Podcast: Sepsis Survivor Week

Sepsis Survivor Darrell Raikes and KHA Vice President of Quality & Health Professions Deb Campbell …

, wwwFebruary 14, 2023infection-prevention sepsispodcastwww
Kentucky Sepsis Consortium: Encyclopedia of Measures

, pdfFebruary 6, 2023infection-prevention sepsispdf
Baptist Health Louisville Sepsis Team Charter 2022

, , , pdfJanuary 1, 20232023 infection-prevention kha-quality-conference sepsispdf
Raise the SBAR

Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation (SBAR) is a communication technique used to convey a complete message in a concise manner. With SBAR, communication becomes streamlined and systematic, allowing less room for human error. (Alliant Health Solutions)

pdfAugust 21, 2022sepsisfact-sheetpdf
Zone Tool: Sepsis and/or Infection (English)

Alliant Quality

, , pdfJune 3, 2022community-coalitions infection-prevention sepsistoolspdf
Zone Tool: Sepsis and/or Infection (Spanish)

Alliant Health Solutions

, , pdfJune 3, 2022community-coalitions infection-prevention sepsistoolspdf
CMS Alphabetical Data Dictionary Version 5.10

The General Abstraction Guidelines explain the different sections of the data element definitions and provide direction for common questions and issues that arise in medical record abstraction.

pdfDecember 31, 2021sepsispdf
Everything You Wanted to Know about Sepsis but Were Afraid to Ask

Note: Recording requires registration to access. (Owens & Minor)

, wwwOctober 19, 2021infection-prevention sepsiswebinarwww
Sepsis Awareness Month Toolkit

Indiana Hospital Association

, pdfSeptember 1, 2021infection-prevention sepsispromotional-materialspdf
Skilled Nursing Facility Healthcare-Associated Infections Requiring Hospitalization for the Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program

Acumen, LLC

pdf-0February 1, 2021sepsisreportspdf-0