The purpose of this study is to determine whether there has been a change in the patterns of sepsis cases pre- and post-COVID-19 pandemic. Provincial COVID-19 restrictions and alterations to social behaviours and hygiene practices may have contributed to a decrease in incidence of paediatric sepsis cases, and changes to the severity and source of infection. The findings of this study may suggest that the hygiene practices and recommendations employed during the COVID-19 pandemic may be used as preventative measures for infection leading to sepsis. This project aims to collect and analyze data to determine if there have been changes to the incidence, severity and outcome of paediatric sepsis at BC Children’s Hospital before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Project Details
Lead institution: University of British Columbia
Status: Active/Ongoing
Theme(s): Prevention, Population and Public Health
Project Lead(s): Srinivas Murthy
Collaborators: Kaitlyn Kwok
Trainee(s): N/A
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.