Combatting Sepsis: A Public Health Perspective

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Raymund B. Dantes, Emory University; Lauren Epstein, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Language: English
• Date: 2018-10-15
• Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP): Policy B - Oxford Open Option C
• Publication Version: Author Accepted Manuscript (After Peer Review)
• Copyright Statement: Copyright © 2020 Infectious Diseases Society of America
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciy342
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: Clinical Infectious Diseases
• ISSN: 1058-4838
• Volume: 67
• Issue: 8
• Start Page: 1300
• End Page: 1302
• Keywords: SEPTIC SHOCK; UNITED-STATES; prevention; TRENDS; Science & Technology; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; public health; Infectious Diseases; epidemiology; sepsis; Immunology; HOSPITALS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; Microbiology
• Research Categories: Health Sciences, Public Health; Health Sciences, Medicine and Surgery

Abstract

Public health professionals and organizations have an opportunity to create a more comprehensive sepsis prevention strategy that spans the continuum of care and merges existing infection prevention strategies with chronic disease management and improved education on the signs and symptoms of worsening infection and sepsis. Recent public health efforts have improved our understanding of US national sepsis epidemiology and focused on increasing sepsis awareness. Additional opportunities and challenges include creating more integrated sepsis and infection prevention programs that encompass outpatient and inpatient care.