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This Communiqué provides an update on the fourth meeting of the National Sepsis Oversight Group (Oversight Group). It may be used by members to update their nominating organisations and other key agencies about the National Sepsis Program Extension (Program Extension).

The Commission has established the Sepsis Program Oversight Group (Oversight Group) to provide strategic advice and guidance to inform program and project implementation. Members include people with lived experience of sepsis, as well as adult and paediatric clinical experts from around Australia.

This Communiqué provides an update on the third meeting of the National Sepsis Oversight Group (Oversight Group). It may be used by members to update their nominating organisations and other key agencies about the National Sepsis Program Extension (Program Extension).

This Communiqué provides an update on the first meeting of the National Sepsis Oversight Group (Oversight Group). It may be used by members to update their nominating organisations and other key stakeholders about the National Sepsis Program Extension (Program Extension).

This Communiqué provides an update on the second meeting of the National Sepsis Oversight Group (Oversight Group). It may be used by members to update their nominating organisations and other key agencies about the National Sepsis Program Extension (Program Extension).

The ETEK is a resource for nurses preparing for the emergency department (ED) triage role and for educators. Triage ensures patients with the most urgent clinical need are prioritised for care in the ED.

This quick reference guide is for users of the Sepsis Clinical Care Standard Indicator Monitoring Tool, a data repository, analysis and reporting tool for the Sepsis Clinical Care Standard indicators. A version of the Indicator Monitoring Tool with sample data is also available for demonstration purposes to support services using the tool.

This version of the Indicator Monitoring Tool for the Sepsis Clinical Care Standard has been populated with sample data for demonstration purposes. The Indicator Monitoring Tool is a data repository, analysis and reporting tool for the Sepsis Clinical Care Standard indicators. A Quick Reference Guide is also available to support services using the tool.

The Indicator Monitoring Tool is a data repository, analysis and reporting tool for the Sepsis Clinical Care Standard indicators. It can be used by healthcare services to capture and audit individual patient data, examine results and identify targets for improvement. A Quick Reference Guide and a demonstration version of the Indicator Monitoring Tool using sample data are available to support the use of the tool.

This self-assessment tool supports the development and monitoring of quality improvement plans for sepsis care by allowing services to assess their progress towards implementing key elements of the Sepsis Clinical Care Standard. The Sepsis Clinical Care Standard Self-Assessment Tool can be used when establishing a new sepsis program, or to support the delivery and continual improvement of an existing sepsis program. 

This report provides the findings and lessons learned from the pilot study for a national retrospective medical record review examining clinical records of patients with sepsis and suspected sepsis in Australia.

The patient information brochure provides useful information for patients and carers. It defines what sepsis is, the causes and prevention of sepsis, and how it is treated. The brochure also outlines the groups at higher risk of developing sepsis.

Healthcare professionals and health service organisations are encouraged to download and display the sepsis information posters. These posters aim to raise awareness around sepsis and its early symptoms.

A poster for for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples about the signs and symptoms of sepsis.

Australian broadcaster and game show host John Burgess considers himself one of the lucky survivors of sepsis who “dodged a bullet”. He is an advocate of the Sepsis Clinical Care Standard, released by the Commission on 30 June 2022.

Dr Lorraine Anderson, Medical Director at the Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services in Western Australia, explains why managing patients with sepsis in a remote community is high stakes – and how the national Sepsis Clinical Care Standard released on 30 June 2022 will help.

On 30 June 2022, the Commission released the new Sepsis Clinical Care Standard. The new standard is a ‘game changer’ that will ensure healthcare workers recognise sepsis as a medical emergency.

Many people have never heard of sepsis, but it kills more Australians every year than road traffic accidents or stroke. This summary backgrounder and Q&A provides an overview of this life-threatening condition, how you can get it and the longer term impacts on people.

The Sepsis Clinical Care Standard will help to ensure that patients with signs and symptoms of sepsis are recognised early, and receive rapid treatment and coordinated care to prevent organ failure, disability or death.

The Sepsis Clinical Care Standard will help to ensure that patients with signs and symptoms of sepsis are recognised early, and receive rapid treatment and coordinated care to prevent organ failure, disability or death.

This highlights infographic outlines the burden of sepsis in Australia, the costs to our healthcare system, and also has a visual summary of the signs and symptoms of sepsis.  

Presentation slides from the launch of the Sepsis Clinical Care Standard.

The Sepsis Clinical Care Standard contains seven quality statements that describe the health care that should be provided to patients of all ages with signs and symptoms of sepsis. It also addresses the care that should be provided in hospital and after discharge, including survivorship. This guide explains what each quality statement from the Clinical Care Standard means for patients and their families.

This resource accompanies the Sepsis Clinical Care Standard. It describes what the quality statements mean for healthcare services and provides indicators to support local quality improvement activity. It outlines key considerations for healthcare services in regard to equity and cultural safety.

Information for clinicians about the significance of elevated serum lactate levels in both adults and children. Recognition of elevated lactate and rapid escalation of care can avoid patient harm and potentially death.

Recommendations for multidisciplinary discharge planning to ensure follow up and support for patients and their families after hospitalisation with sepsis - including a discharge checklist.

Guidance for healthcare services on allocating roles and responsibilities to support quality improvement and coordination of care for sepsis. 

Guidance for hospitals and acute facilities about systems to ensure rapid access to appropriate antimicrobials for patients with sepsis, including use and governance of sepsis boxes.