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Management Of Sepsis With The Quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment, Jeanna Adams
Management Of Sepsis With The Quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment, Jeanna Adams
Providence Nursing Research Conference 2023 – Present
Abstract
Background:
Sepsis can be a source of morbidity and mortality particularly when there are delays in treatment. Early identification may improve time to antimicrobial administration. The quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) is an evidence-based practice screening tool that, when in used in conjunction with the Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) criteria can enhance recognition and treatment of sepsis. On a suburban Southern California hospital Neurological/Telemetry Unit the qSOFA is automatically calculated in the electronic medical record (EMR) but the bedside nurses were unaware of its availability and value. In addition, sepsis was not being identified in a timely …