{"id":3809,"date":"2017-11-22T10:00:49","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T16:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/?p=3809"},"modified":"2019-12-29T06:03:01","modified_gmt":"2019-12-29T12:03:01","slug":"timing-giving-antibiotics-proved-critical-sepsis-diagnosis-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/timing-giving-antibiotics-proved-critical-sepsis-diagnosis-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"The Timing of Giving Antibiotics Proved to be Critical in Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to a report in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.modernhealthcare.com\/\">Modern Healthcare<\/a>, the University of Colorado Health and its flagship hospital, University of Colorado Hospital, reduced the sepsis mortality rate by 15% in less than one year. In 2016, about 10% of patients with sepsis died from it. At the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/University_of_Colorado_Hospital\">University of Colorado Hospital<\/a>, officials conducted an internal study and found that some septic patients did not receive the needed antibiotics quickly enough. According to CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services), antibiotics should be given to patients with sepsis within three hours. The University of Colorado Health has found that patients regularly waited three hours or longer to get the needed antibiotic after sepsis was diagnosed. <\/p>\n<p>At the University of Colorado Health, it was proven convincingly that if the patient receives antibiotics within an hour of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sepsis\">sepsis<\/a> diagnosis, the sepsis death rate dropped by 50%. At the University of Colorado Hospital to reduce this response time, its officials developed a multi-step process that uses patients\u2019 electronic medical records to identify patients who are at risk of sepsis. The electronic health records (EHR) monitors patients\u2019 vital signs and alert a nurse of any abnormalities. The nurse then will check for other signs of sepsis and enter those symptoms into the EHR, which determines whether the patient has a low, medium or high probability of sepsis. <\/p>\n<p>When patients are determined to have a medium or high probability of contracting sepsis, the hospital\u2019s sepsis team, a group of caregivers made up of a nurse, pharmacist and a physician or advanced practitioner, who are dedicated to making quick sepsis diagnoses, are put into place. If the team determines that the patient is septic, antibiotics are immediately ordered and given. The prescription is marked as urgent to make sure that the pharmacist fills the order within the hour.<br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/timing-giving-antibiotics-proved-critical-sepsis-diagnosis-treatment\/#more-3809\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a report in Modern Healthcare, the University of Colorado Health and its flagship hospital, University of Colorado Hospital, reduced the sepsis mortality rate by 15% in less than one year. In 2016, about 10% of patients with sepsis died from it. 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