Suspected Sepsis Clinical Pathway — N/IICU
Suspected Sepsis Clinical Pathway — N/IICU
Goals
- To standardize the approach to evaluation of suspected late onset sepsis
in the N/IICU - To improve recognition of and response to severe sepsis in the N/IICU
- To provide a plan of care for severe sepsis management specific to the
N/IICU population
Metrics
- Time to initiation of first antibiotic
- % newborns/infants with initial antibiotic initiated within first hour
- % newborns/infants with antibiotics ordered using sepsis order set
- % newborns/infants with antibiotics ordered STAT
- % newborns/infants with documentation of the sepsis huddle note
Balancing Measures
- Antibiotic-related medication errors
- Trends in antibiotic utilization over time