Read news stories from our cluster below, and keep up to date by following @ActionOnSepsis on Twitter.
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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
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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.
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May 19, 2022
Sepsis Canada & LifTING Research Training Platform: Applications Now Open
Application Deadline: June 1st, 2022
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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
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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.
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January 18, 2022
Machine learning and AI used to rapidly detect sepsis, cutting risk of death dramatically
By UBC News
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December 1, 2021
Smart Discharges and the Ugandan Ministry of Health works towards an integrated and interoperable health information system
By The Centre for International Child Health
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October 25, 2021
Return 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 i
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September 7, 2021
Implementing a Pediatric Sepsis Toolkit across British Columbia
In Canada, one in every 18 deaths was estimated to be cause by sepsis (2017). Young children are among those who are most vulnerable to and most likely to die from sepsis. Sepsis occurs when the body’s response to infection begins to damage its own tissues and organs.
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June 21, 2021
Publication Spotlight - Acute Cardiac Injury in Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Other Viral Infections—A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
What was done? Understanding what causes organ injury during severe infectious diseases, such as COVID-19, is key to developing new treatments that can prevent death and disability. In patients with COVID-19, the virus is able to enter and infect many of the body’s cells by binding the protein angiotensin-converting enzyme-2