This leaflet provides information about sepsis and what it means for care and recovery. It is written for adults who are being treated for sepsis in hospital.
The Sepsis Clinical Care Standard contains seven quality statements and a set of indicators to ensure sepsis is recognised early and patients receive coordinated, best-practice care to reduce the risk of death or ongoing morbidity.
This template letter can be used by healthcare services to communicate with a patient’s general practitioner on discharge following hospitalisation for sepsis. It contains information about post-sepsis syndrome and sepsis recovery.
Despite the unique challenges of caring for sepsis in remote parts of Australia, Gove District Hospital - a small regional hospital in NT - has implemented ongoing improvement in sepsis care over several years, contributing to sepsis pathway development for small hospitals statewide. Learn about the significant changes to culture and processes at Gove District Hospital, triggered by the untimely and tragic death from sepsis of a young girl in the Gove community.
The Queensland Paediatric Sepsis Program (QPSP) has changed how children at risk of sepsis are cared for in Queensland hospitals, and transformed how support is provided to families after an experience of childhood sepsis. Learn more about the QPSP’s initiatives including the QPSP Family Support Structure which was co-designed with consumers, and the state-wide Paediatric Sepsis Pathway and other resources for clinicians.
The Alfred Hospital’s substantial program of work has delivered improvements in the timeliness and appropriateness of antimicrobial therapy for sepsis. Learn more about their key initiatives including a randomised controlled trial assessing the impact of antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) reviews following medical emergency team (MET) calls for suspected sepsis, and the creation of a sepsis pharmacist role.
The Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (AGAR) monitors AMR, epidemiologic and genetic patterns in bloodstream infections in Australia relating to three main organisms: Staphylococcus aureus, enterococcal species and gram-negative organisms. The 2020 AGAR Sepsis Outcome Programs Report provides analyses of data on AMR associated with episodes of bacteraemia, reported by 30 laboratories servicing 49 public and private institutions across Australia in 2020.
The Commission convened the National Sepsis Clinical Reference Group (NSCRG) to provide specialist clinical and technical advice to the National Sepsis Program.
This systematic review was commissioned to investigate trigger tools that promote the early detection of sepsis symptoms, including the use of lactate testing in patients experiencing rapid clinical deterioration or suspected of having infection.
This literature review describes the evidence regarding the burden of disease associated with sepsis in the Australian population and the impacts of sepsis on people who survive. Evidence for interventions to improve recovery and reduce sepsis morbidity is also described.
This report presents the first national epidemiological snapshot of sepsis and its impact on Australians and was prepared by Centre for Health Systems and Safety Research, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia .
