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  • Critical Care Medicine
  • Health Informatics

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  • Sepsis identification in cancer patients is difficult due to varied symptoms.
  • Early sepsis detection is crucial for prompt intervention.
  • A best practice advisory (BPA) was implemented to aid sepsis identification.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Evaluate the effectiveness of an outpatient sepsis BPA.
  • Assess BPA's reliability in prompting sepsis workups for cancer patients.
  • Improve sepsis detection and management in adult cancer patients.

Main Methods:

  • Implemented an outpatient sepsis BPA using systemic inflammatory response syndrome criteria.
  • BPA triggered alerts when two or more criteria were met.
  • Adjusted heart rate threshold to improve BPA accuracy.

Main Results:

  • Initial BPA implementation yielded a 92% false-positive rate (253/275 alerts).
  • Adjusting the heart rate threshold from >90 to >100 bpm reduced false positives by nearly 50%.
  • Improved BPA specificity for identifying at-risk patients while maintaining true sepsis detection.

Conclusions:

  • The adjusted BPA demonstrates improved accuracy in identifying sepsis among outpatient cancer patients.
  • Refining BPA criteria enhances its utility for early sepsis detection.
  • Optimized BPAs can improve sepsis management in vulnerable cancer populations.