• Commitment from hospital governance and senior administrative leadership to support early detection and appropriate management of sepsis in their healthcare system.
  • Develop a team approach to implement a protocol for early sepsis identification and treatment.
  • Create a sepsis dashboard for your organization’s leadership.
  • Implement a Sepsis Rapid Response Team or incorporate early detection of sepsis into your existing medical emergency teams (e.g. rapid response teams).
  • Formalize processes to screen patients for signs of sepsis throughout the entire institution.
  • Implement an effective monitoring system to accomplish continuous monitoring and early detection, based on existing data (SIRS criteria, MEWS or any other warning system being used).
  • Select an EHR or leverage the existing EHR to serve as a data collection tool and repository for predicting risk of sepsis for patients. A system that provides a data collection tool and allows for continuous analysis and surveillance will be most beneficial.
  • Implementation of automated electronic screening and documentation of process of care based on existing data (SIRS criteria, MEWS or any other warning system being used).