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Sepsis Resources

Access all of the Society’s sepsis resources in one place.

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The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) is a leader in sepsis education, quality improvement, and research. The Society is committed to improving early sepsis identification and reducing mortality and morbidity from sepsis.

Connect with Sepsis Experts

Join the SCCM Sepsis and Septic Shock community to connect and exchange knowledge about sepsis and septic shock, share solutions, and ask questions in this new community on SCCM Connect. You need not be an SCCM member to join. Just log in to or sign up for an SCCM account and click Join Community.

Take Me There

 

Since 2002, the Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) has been committed to reducing mortality and morbidity from sepsis and septic shock worldwide. A joint initiative of SCCM and the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM), the SSC produces guidelines and other resources.

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Surviving Sepsis Campaign Adult Guidelines

Review guidance for clinicians caring for adult patients with sepsis or septic shock.

Surviving Sepsis Campaign Children's Guidelines

Review guidance for clinicians caring for pediatric patients with sepsis or septic shock.

Quality Improvement and Research

AIMS Study

The Assessment of Implementation of Methods in Sepsis and Respiratory Failure (AIMS) study seeks to determine the safest and most effective approach to severe sepsis and septic shock intervention.

SCCM Diagnostic Excellence Program

Discover education and technology for accurate and rapid-cycle sepsis diagnoses.

Sepsis Definitions

Recommendations aimed at defining and enhancing the diagnoses of sepsis and septic shock.

Reducing Mortality From Sepsis in Low-Resource Settings

SCCM launched a new project dedicated to reducing mortality from sepsis in low-resource settings.

Additional Resources

LearnICU

LearnICU

LearnICU is the central location for all educational resources from SCCM, including the SCCM Resource Library, which houses numerous pieces of billing and documentation content.

The Future of Sepsis Treatment

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The Future of Sepsis Treatment

Sepsis continues to affect Americans and hospital patients across the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that approximately 1.7 million adult Americans devel...

Concise Critical Appraisal: Early Hemostatic Management of Disseminated Intravascular Coagulopathy

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Concise Critical Appraisal: Early Hemostatic Management of Disseminated Intravascular Coagulopathy

This Concise Critical Appraisal delves into a study published in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine that sought to determine whether early hemostatic intervention can prevent the development of D...

Leapfrog Dashboard Tracking of Postoperative Sepsis: An Opportunity for Quality Improvement

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Leapfrog Dashboard Tracking of Postoperative Sepsis: An Opportunity for Quality Improvement

This article describes the new Leapfrog quality metrics and their methodology, focusing on postoperative sepsis identification and the potential impact of dashboard performance tracking moving forward...

NIH Funds SCCM Discovery Study on the Use of Sepsis Bundles in the Emergency Department

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NIH Funds SCCM Discovery Study on the Use of Sepsis Bundles in the Emergency Department

In funding a five-year prospective multicenter study to determine the safest and most effective approach to sepsis intervention, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) is recognizing th...

SCCM Pod-471: Mitigating Diagnostic Delays and Errors With Emphasis on Sepsis

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SCCM Pod-471: Mitigating Diagnostic Delays and Errors With Emphasis on Sepsis

Maureen Madden, DNP, RN, CPNP-AC, CCRN, FCCM, is joined by Mary Jo C. Grant, ACNP, PhD, FAAN, to discuss how to reduce diagnostic delays and errors, with an emphasis on sepsis. This podcast is funded ...

SCCM Pod-480: Optimizing Sepsis Care Hour-1 Bundle at a Time

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SCCM Pod-480: Optimizing Sepsis Care Hour-1 Bundle at a Time

Marilyn N. Bulloch, PharmD, BCPS, FCCM, and Daleen Penoyer, PhD, RN, CCRP, FCNS, FAAN, FCCM, discuss how to develop and operationalize performance improvement teams to implement the Surviving Sepsis C...

 
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