Read news stories from our cluster below, and keep up to date by following @ActionOnSepsis on Twitter.
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November 28, 2022
Innovations in Data-Driven Approaches to Improve Sepsis Care for Children in Low-Resource Settings
Exploring data-driven approaches that target different points of the journey of a critically-ill child and their caregiver.
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July 27, 2022
Your Input is Needed to Help Support Open Science at C&W!
Are you ready to meet funding agencies and publishers requirements to make your research data open? Investigators at BC Children's Research Institute (BCCHRI), the Women's Health Research Institute (WHRI), the University of British Columbia (UBC) and the Centre for International Child Health …
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July 13, 2022
Innovations in Global Pediatric Sepsis Care at the Pacific Northwest Sepsis Conference
On June 6–7, 2022, the Washington State Hospital Association (WSHA) hosted the 10th annual Pacific Northwest Sepsis Conference in Seattle, Washington. This event brought together in-person and virtual attendees from around the world, with the goal to eliminate global sepsis…
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June 28, 2022
Building awareness of sepsis and post-sepsis syndrome through a patient-led podcast
The newly launched Action on Sepsis Podcast focuses on telling the whole journey of sepsis from the perspective of the patient, along with input from healthcare workers, researchers, and other individuals advocating for improved sepsis care nationally and globally. It was developed by the Patient…
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May 19, 2022
Sepsis Canada & LifTING Research Training Platform: Applications Now Open
Application Deadline: June 1st, 2022 What are the Sepsis Canada & LifTING Training Programs? These free health research training programs will focus on sepsis and life-threatening illnesses and provide training in research skills, anti-oppressive practices, & interdisciplinary…
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April 26, 2022
An open data initiative for optimizing the re-use of clinical data to improve maternal, neonatal and child health outcomes
Posted: April 26, 2022 Congratulations to Dr Mark Ansermino, Dr Niranjan Kissoon, Dr Matthew Wiens, Dr Gina Ogilvie, Dr Srinivas Murthy, Gurm Dhugga, Maggie Woo Kinshella, and Jessica Trawin! The team from the Pediatric Sepsis Data CoLaboratory (Sepsis CoLab), the Centre for International Child…
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March 3, 2022
BC Adult Emergency Department Adult Sepsis Guidelines – 2022 Update
BC's Sepsis Clinical Expert Working Group has updated the the BC Emergency Department Adult Sepsis Guidelines, taking into account the most up-to-date literature and expert opinion. Visit the BC Sepsis Network's website to view the guidelines, algorithm, and comparision to the 2017…
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January 18, 2022
Machine learning and AI used to rapidly detect sepsis, cutting risk of death dramatically
By UBC News A groundbreaking advance in quickly detecting sepsis using machine learning has been pioneered by researchers in the Hancock Lab and the department of microbiology and immunology at UBC. Sepsis is one of the biggest killers in the world, responsible for one in five deaths…
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December 1, 2021Smart Discharges and the Ugandan Ministry of Health works towards an integrated and interoperable health information system
By The Centre for International Child Health The Smart Discharges team has entered into a partnership with Malaria Consortium, a non-profit organization working to implement a national Integrated Community Case Management (ICCM) program in Uganda that reports to the…
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October 25, 2021Return on Investment through a province-wide, sepsis-targeted QI initiative in British Columbia
A new study recently published in Critical Care Medicine has shown that the BC Patient Safety & Quality Council (BCPSQC)’s investment in the BC Sepsis Network (BCSN) has led to savings of $50.6 million, representing a return of over $112 for every dollar invested. In 2017, sepsis…