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Area of Science:

  • Clinical pathway analysis
  • Healthcare innovation adoption
  • Point-of-care testing (POCT) evaluation

Background:

  • Point-of-care tests (POCTs) require integration into existing patient care pathways for effective implementation.
  • Evaluating care pathways through traditional methods like clinical audits is time-consuming.
  • Sepsis presents a significant public health challenge in the UK, necessitating optimized care pathways.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a rapid methodology for assessing patient care pathway variation.
  • To evaluate the variation in sepsis care guidelines across UK hospitals.
  • To infer the impact of pathway variation on the evaluation and adoption of innovations like POCTs for sepsis.

Main Methods:

  • Extrapolated patient care pathways from local hospital guidelines.
  • Assessed variation in sepsis guidelines using data from 15 UK hospitals.
  • Extracted data on National Early Warning Score (NEWS) usage, antibiotic prescribing triggers, and decisional steps by independent reviewers.

Main Results:

  • Considerable variation was observed in the use of NEWS, criteria for antibiotic prescription, and the number of decisional steps in sepsis guidelines.
  • The identified variations suggest challenges in standardizing sepsis care.
  • Pathway heterogeneity impacts the feasibility of evidence development for new sepsis diagnostics.

Conclusions:

  • Significant variation exists in current UK hospital sepsis guidelines.
  • This variation complicates the clinical and economic evaluation of new POCTs for sepsis.
  • A standardized approach to care pathway assessment is crucial for the successful adoption of healthcare innovations.