Infectious Disease Grand Rounds with Tex Kissoon

Reducing the Burden of Sepsis in BC: Need for a Provincial Sepsis Action Plan

January 21, 2025, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Learn how countries worldwide are using national action plans to coordinate action towards reducing the burden of sepsis globally, and how we can leverage this progress to improve sepsis care in BC and Canada.

This webinar is part of the UBC Department of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases Intercity Rounds, and can be attended in-person or virtually.

Please contact Stefanie Novakowski at stefanie.novakowski@bcchr.ca for Zoom details if you wish to attend virtually

Rounds are also streamed in-person at the following locations:

VGH: Diamond Centre Room  2264  
BCCHR:  CSB V2-220    
Royal Columbian Hospital: 0025   
Surrey Memorial Hospital:  M-3.602   

First Nations land acknowledegement

Action on Sepsis operates on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples — xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. We invite everyone to reflect on the traditional territories and land that they currently work and live on.

Action on Sepsis Research Cluster

Research Excellence Clusters at UBC Vancouver is a joint initiative of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Vancouver and the Vice-President, Research and Innovation. Funding support for the clusters is provided by Academic Excellence Funds – UBC Vancouver.

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