Improving Sepsis Bundle Implementation Times: A Nursing Process Improvement Approach

Background: Early recognition of sepsis in the emergency room (ER) has been shown to improve treatment intervention times and decrease mortality. Local Problem: Failure to recognize early signs and symptoms of sepsis in the ER has led to poor sepsis bundle completion times. Methods: A comparison of preintervention and postintervention data was performed to determine whether sepsis bundle implementation times, mortality, and length of stay (LOS) improved. Interventions: An ER Nurse Sepsis Identification Tool, leadership buy-in from key stakeholders, and systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) education were implemented. Results: Postintervention, average bundle compliance time decreased 458 minutes (P
Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality - Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research