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Implementation of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines
Vikramjit Mukherjee1, Laura Evans
1NYU School of Medicine, Bellevue Hospital Center, New York City, New York, USA.
Current Opinion in Critical Care
|September 1, 2017
Summary
Early sepsis recognition and treatment improve patient outcomes. Implementing Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) bundles enhances bedside care, leading to better results and reduced healthcare costs.
Area of Science:
- Critical Care Medicine
- Infectious Diseases
- Healthcare Quality Improvement
Background:
- Early identification and management of sepsis are crucial for improving patient outcomes.
- Despite evidence, implementing evidence-based sepsis therapies remains suboptimal.
- This review focuses on methods to enhance the bedside application of sepsis guidelines.
Purpose of the Study:
- To describe methods for improving the bedside application of evidence-based sepsis guidelines.
- To highlight the importance of early sepsis recognition and management.
- To address the gap in the suboptimal implementation of sepsis therapies.
Main Methods:
- Review of methods to improve bedside application of evidence-based guidelines.
- Focus on Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) guidelines and their implementation.
- Utilizing practice improvement measures and bundle strategies.
Main Results:
- The Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) has updated guidelines since 2004, with the latest in 2016.
- SSC guidelines are filtered into bundles to promote rapid behavior change.
- Successful implementation of SSC bundles is linked to improved patient outcomes and reduced healthcare spending.
Conclusions:
- Implementation of SSC bundles involves practice improvement measures.
- Hospitals using SSC bundles show improved outcomes and reduced healthcare costs.
- SSC bundle compliance is a mandated core measure by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
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