To Whom It May Concern:
After reviewing the new guidelines I have a few questions: 1. What are your experiences with Procalcitonin and the usefulness of it? It seems to be a pricey lab draw and I am wondering if it is worth the cost to the patient. 2. In the ABX recommendations it states giving antibiotics within one hour of identification of sepsis or septic shock. Does this mean one hour for both ED patients and in-patients who might develop sepsis on the med surg floors? In the bundle changes it simply states giving proper broad spectrum coverage within the first three hours. Simply want to clarify since this would be a process change for our ED 3. In regards to the ED patients, is the start of bundle time the triage time? I have heard many different things regarding this. Any advice would be much appreciated! Ann Knight Clinical Nurse Specialist, Critical Care Northside Hospital System [email protected] 404-851-6514 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This electronic mail transmission has been sent by Northside Hospital. It may contain information that is confidential, privileged, proprietary, or otherwise legally exempt from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you are not authorized to read, print, retain, copy or disseminate this message, any part of it, or any attachments. If you have received this message in error, please delete this message and any attachments from your system without reading the content and notify the sender immediately of the inadvertent transmission. There is no intent on the part of the sender to waive any privilege CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This electronic mail transmission has been sent by Northside Hospital. It may contain information that is confidential, privileged, proprietary, or otherwise legally exempt from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you are not authorized to read, print, retain, copy or disseminate this message, any part of it, or any attachments. If you have received this message in error, please delete this message and any attachments from your system without reading the content and notify the sender immediately of the inadvertent transmission. There is no intent on the part of the sender to waive any privilege.
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