ArticlePediatric quality & safety
Decreasing Time to Antibiotics for Patients with Sepsis in the Emergency Department.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Alerts and Alarms-Can Electronic Medical Records Help Children and Adolescents Survive Sepsis?Journal of paediatrics and child health · 2026Pooled it
- Interdisciplinary Team Pilot to Reduce Time to Administration of Piperacillin/Tazobactam in the Emergency Department at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Article
- Association between emergency department sepsis order set design and delay to second dose piperacillin-tazobactam administration.The American journal of emergency medicine · 2023Article
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- How to close the maternal and neonatal sepsis gap in sub-Saharan Africa.BMJ global health · 2020Article
- Evaluation of a digital triage platform in Uganda: A quality improvement initiative to reduce the time to antibiotic administration.PloS one · 2020Article
- Achieving Faster Bleeding Disorder Treatment in the Emergency Department: A Quality Improvement Initiative.Pediatric quality & safetyArticle
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Abstract
backgroundSepsis is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. Patients may present in a spectrum, from nonsevere sepsis through septic shock. Literature supports improvement in patient outcomes with timely care. This project describes an effort to improve delays in antibiotic administration in patients with sepsis spectrum disease presenting to a pediatric emergency department (PED).
objectiveThis project aimed to decrease time to antibiotics for patients with sepsis in the PED from 154 to <120 minutes within 2 years.
methodsFollowing the collection of baseline data, we assembled a multidisciplinary team. Specific interventions included staff education, the institution of a best practice alert with order set and standardized huddle response, and local stocking of antibiotics. We included all patients with orders for intravenous antibiotics and blood culture.
resultsFrom April 2015 to April 2017, the PED demonstrated reduction in time to antibiotics from 154 to 114 minutes. The time from emergency department (ED) arrival to antibiotic order also improved, from 87 to 59 minutes.
conclusionsThis initiative improved prioritization and efficiency of care of sepsis, and overall time to antibiotics in this population. The results of this project demonstrate the effectiveness of a multidisciplinary team working to improve an essential time-driven process.
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