And the healthcare industry still isn’t sure how to accurately and consistently identify sepsis in time to stop its deadly wrath.
Here are five notes:
1. Physicians, hospitals, patient advocates and policymakers are teaming up to educate the public about sepsis prevention and early detection.
2. The CDC issued a study on sepsis, emphasizing the criticalness of early detection.
3. Sepsis is also draining hospital funds, accounting for about $24 billion in hospital costs in 2013.
4. In 2015, CMS issued a regulation for hospitals to report on their sepsis screening and treatment efforts.
5. Experts also said patients are the ultimate blocker of sepsis, so they should look for signs of rapid breathing, confusion, fever or discolored skin following an injury.
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