Nurses play a critical role in preventing sepsis, through early detection, infection control, and patient education, and CNOs must be prepared. HealthLeaders spoke to Nicole Telhiard, chief nursing ...

While our immune systems typically do a great job containing pathogens and clearing infections, they can occasionally ...

Although practice guidelines such as those from SurvivingSepsis.org have helped to reduce mortality and complications, sepsis ...

UPMC researchers aim to determine interventions that can stop the progress of sepsis and septic shock; management protocols for the first six hours after diagnosis; and the long-term outcomes for ...

Novant Health has achieved a more than 50% reduction in sepsis mortality across its hospitals since 2021, following coordinated efforts to improve ...

Leaders should include frontline nurses when developing new protocols, says this CNO. On this episode of HL Shorts, we hear from Nicole Telhiard, chief nursing officer at Our Lady of the Lake Health, ...

A major UK patient trial of a new biomarker testing protocol for sepsis, led by University of Manchester researchers, has shown it is possible to safely stop antibiotic treatment earlier than current ...

Sepsis remains one of the leading causes of mortality in hospitalized patients worldwide, and innovative therapeutic ...

Christina Hornyak’s life was on the line, but she didn’t realize it. Weeks after she was diagnosed with a urinary tract ...

Great Plains Health plans to launch a new sepsis alert protocol on Oct. 1 as part of its participation in Sepsis Awareness Month in September. Dr. James Smith, emergency department medical director, ...

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland (WBAL) — Among the new bills signed into law Thursday by Gov. Wes Moore is a bill called “Lochlin’s Law,” which creates mandates for sepsis care in hospitals and medical facilities ...