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Sepsis, N/IICU — Goals and Metrics — Clinical Pathway: ICU and Inpatient

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

 

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