Beyond SEP-1 Compliance: Assessing the Impact of Antibiotic Overtreatment and Fluid Overload in Suspected Septic Patients.

Journal: The Journal of emergency medicine
PMID: 38278684

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) developed the Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Performance Measure bundle (SEP-1) metric to improve sepsis care, but evidence supporting this bundle is limited and harms secondary to compliance have not been investigated.

Authors

  • Kevin Venczel
    Department of Emergency, Summa Health System, Akron, Ohio; U.S. Acute Care Solutions, Canton, Ohio.
  • Nicholas Lesh
    Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, Ohio.
  • Nicholas Jouriles
    Department of Emergency, Summa Health System, Akron, Ohio; Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, Ohio; U.S. Acute Care Solutions, Canton, Ohio.
  • David Seaberg
    Department of Emergency, Summa Health System, Akron, Ohio; Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, Ohio; U.S. Acute Care Solutions, Canton, Ohio.
  • David Gothard
    Department of Emergency, Summa Health System, Akron, Ohio.
  • Caleb Harrell
    Department of Emergency, Summa Health System, Akron, Ohio; Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, Ohio; U.S. Acute Care Solutions, Canton, Ohio.
  • Quentin Reuter
    Department of Emergency, Summa Health System, Akron, Ohio; Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, Ohio; U.S. Acute Care Solutions, Canton, Ohio.

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