Sepsis is a life-threatening complication due to an infection. Anyone can get sepsis from any type of infection, even a minor infection. According to the CDC, 80 percent of sepsis cases occur outside of the hospital setting.
Sepsis is difficult to diagnose and deadly. When it is recognized and treated early, it can save lives.
Health care providers are the critical link to preventing, recognizing, and treating sepsis. Learn more about sepsis so you can save lives and educate others. Join us for these educational opportunities:
1st World Sepsis Congress — Live-Streaming
This two-day program, featuring a panel of international sepsis experts, is available to anyone with an internet connection, free of charge. As a convenience to employees, it will be live-streamed in 15 minute intervals throughout the day. Stop in at any time:
• Thursday, September 8, 2016
8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Cooper Court Cafeteria, Café B
Cooper University Hospital
• Friday, September 9, 2016
7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Cooper Court Cafeteria, Café B
Cooper University Hospital
More information and the full schedule of topics and speakers can be found here: http://www.worldsepsiscongress.org/.
Premier World Sepsis Day — Webinar
We will be live-streaming this program throughout the day.
• Tuesday, September 13, 2016
9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Cooper Court Cafeteria, Café B
Cooper University Hospital
Presentations:
9 a.m. to 10 a.m.: A guided ‘tour’ of Sepsis 360 analysis, demonstrating how analytics can be used to focus frontline clinicians in the right areas to drive process improvement.
10 a.m. to 11 a.m.: Learn to use a LEAN approach to identify current state of sepsis care and design future ideal state.
11 a.m. to noon: To help increase compliance and quality of care and improve mortality for the Severe Sepsis/Septic Shock population, this presentation will cover changes in the collection of quality measures data beginning with July 2016 discharges. Clinical documentation, being a vital part in reporting the data correctly, will also be covered.
Noon to 1 p.m.: Discussion on the design, implementation, impact, and outcomes of a remote monitoring program for sepsis care.
1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.: Sepsis Happens: The Story of a Septic Shock Survivor/patient testimonial.