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May 2022
Live Webinar: AIM to Improve: The Importance of Patient Safety Bundles for Treating Sepsis in Obstetrical Care
Date: May 12, 2022 Time: 11am - 12pm PT / 2pm - 3pm ET Description: Patient safety bundles offer standardized approaches for delivering well-established, evidence-based practice, which can be especially vital for treating sepsis in obstetrical care. Because sepsis is a leading cause of preventable pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S., healthcare providers need to know how to recognize and prevent obstetric sepsis as well as how to respond and treat patients with obstetric sepsis according to relevant patient safety bundles. This…
Find out more »June 2022
External Event: Pacific Northwest Sepsis Conference
Presented by: Washington State Hospital Association Date: June 6 - June 7, 2022 Description: The Pacific Northwest Sepsis Conference is a two-day conference with an in-person or virtual option. We aim to eliminate global sepsis suffering through education. Speakers include local, national, and international sepsis experts. We will explore sepsis in different populations and in different healthcare settings. We will examine the updated international guidelines of care and science behind these evidence-based recommendations and will also address the current CMS…
Find out more »External Event: HCA Sepsis Summit
Presented by: HCA Education and Research Date: June 15, 2022 | 9 am - 3:15 pm ET Description: HCA Education and Research (HCA E&R) is pleased to invite you to participate in this year’s in-person All-Sector/All-Partner Sepsis Summit June 15, 2022 from 9 AM - 3:15 PM at the Albany Hilton in downtown Albany, NY! Sepsis is a medical emergency impacting individuals, providers and practitioners across the entire continuum of care. Participants from every sector are urged to attend this summit. State, national and industry leaders…
Find out more »Live Webinar: Oral Hygiene as Prevention: Discovering the Links Between Oral Health, Respiratory Infection, and Sepsis
Date: June 22, 2022 Time: 11am - 12pm PT / 2pm - 3pm ET Description: Poor oral hygiene is directly linked both to respiratory infections, like non-ventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia (NVHAP), and to sepsis, for which NVHAP is the most common pathway in acute care settings. Because NVHAP is associated with high ICU utilization rates, increased use of antibiotics, high readmission rates, and death, and because 50-80% of NVHAP cases result from oral infections, it is important for healthcare providers to understand…
Find out more »July 2022
Sponsored Webinar: Risk Stratification of Patients with Suspected Meningitis and/or Respiratory Infections in the ED
Date: July 14, 2022 Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm ET / 11:00 am - 12:00 pm PT Description: Being able to quickly differentiate a bacterial from a viral infection without negatively impacting patient outcomes is imperative for healthcare professionals, and it has become even more crucial during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this sponsored webinar, learn how syndromic testing and procalcitonin (PCT) can be used to reduce unnecessary admissions, improve etiological diagnoses, and reduce suboptimal antibiotic therapies in patients presenting to the ED.…
Find out more »Sepsis Alliance Clinical Community Roundtable: Sepsis Program Performance Improvement – Part 2
Date: July 28, 2022 Time: 1:00 - 2:30 pm ET / 10:00 - 11:30 am PT Description: In this follow-up to January's peer-to-peer roundtable discussion (viewable here), Sepsis Alliance Clinical Community members will continue to discuss the key components of robust sepsis performance improvement programs and share the successes and challenges they have experienced with their own programs. Discussion topics will include panelists’ current program structures, protocols, EHR tools, best practice alerts, code sepsis / rapid response benefits, metrics, and education strategies.…
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