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