Study finds lower ER triage scores associated with delayed antibiotics delivery for sepsis patients

(Intermountain Medical Center) in a new study, researchers at Intermountain Healthcare in Salt Lake City found that antibiotic delivery was significantly faster -- by up to 32 minutes -- for sepsis patients being treated in an emergency department if they were assigned a slightly higher score on a subjective one-to-five acuity scale commonly used for patient triage.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news