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  • Severe sepsis presents a significant public health challenge, necessitating advanced detection methods.
  • Current surveillance methods for severe sepsis often rely on manual review or administrative data, which can be time-consuming and less sensitive.
  • Electronic surveillance systems offer potential for rapid and accurate identification of sepsis cases.

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  • To develop and evaluate an electronic sepsis surveillance system (ESSV) for identifying severe sepsis and its onset time.
  • To assess the sensitivity and specificity of the ESSV compared to expert adjudication and care team diagnoses.
  • To determine the system's utility and limitations in a clinical setting.

Main Methods:

  • An electronic sepsis surveillance system (ESSV) was developed.
  • Prospective pilot (11 days) and retrospective trial (30 days) were conducted for evaluation.
  • ESSV alerts were compared against care team diagnoses and administrative records, with expert adjudication as the gold standard.

Main Results:

  • The ESSV demonstrated 100% sensitivity for detecting severe sepsis but only 62.0% specificity.
  • During trials, ESSV identified substantially more patients (477 pilot, 996 retrospective) than expert adjudication (18 pilot, 164 retrospective).
  • ESSV-identified time of sepsis onset closely matched adjudication, with a median difference of 0.00 hours.

Conclusions:

  • The electronic sepsis surveillance system (ESSV) is a highly sensitive tool for severe sepsis detection.
  • The system's low specificity, attributed to reliance on discrete data fields, necessitates careful implementation and validation.
  • ESSV can be a valuable adjunct for sepsis management when integrated appropriately into clinical workflows.