Sepsis Timer for Pc

1. The treatment steps and timelines used in Sepsis Timer are based on Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) guidelines that are also recommended by the Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

2. Sepsis Timer is a timed checklist and simple clinical decision support tool designed to help busy hospital clinicians perform key treatment steps within prescribed time intervals.

3. Current guidelines recommend administering IV antibiotics within 1 hour of diagnosis, and giving IV fluids and performing other treatment steps within 3 and 6 hours depending on symptom severity.

4. The key to surviving sepsis is rapid recognition and treatment with antibiotics, fluids and other drugs that stabilize blood pressure.

5. Simply start a timer when a patient is diagnosed with sepsis and the app will list the necessary treatment steps and alert you when these steps are due.

6. The annual cost of sepsis treatment to the US healthcare system is $23.7 billion dollars, making sepsis the most expensive condition treated in US hospitals.

7. Sepsis is a serious condition caused by infections, and a leading cause of hospitalization and death across the world.

8. This app is intended for physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals managing the care of critically ill patients in a hospital environment.

9. In the US alone, sepsis causes over 250,000 deaths and 1.3 million hospitalizations every year.

10. However, in busy hospital environments, delays can easily occur leading to avoidable complications and deaths.

11. To turn off the alerts, simply check off the required steps.

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