We have been doing SIRS first on our screening tool since 2006--based on staff nurses' feedback
Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 27, 2014, at 8:32 AM, "Carlson, Barbara A. (Lincoln, NE)" > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Please see question below. > > Barbara Carlson RN, BAN, CPHQ > Performance Improvement > St Elizabeth Regional Medical Center > P 402-219-7332 > F 402-219-8992 > > From: Exstrom, Nancy > Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2014 12:41 AM > To: Carlson, Barbara A. (Lincoln, NE) > Subject: sepsis tool question > > I would like to ask the surviving sepsis campaign if it would be OK to have > the SIrS criteria first, Organ criteria 2nd, and Infection criteria 3rd in > figuring the sepsis tool as the novice nurse sometimes doesn’t think big > picture of suspecting an infection despite sirs and organ function being > positive and therefore if infection is 1st criteria to answer, they would > answer no and it is an automatic negative screen but if in reverse order, > they make think… the patient may have infection? > > Nancy Exstrom RN, MSN, CCRN, CSC > Clinical Educator Critical Care Services > 555 South 70th > Lincoln, Ne 68510 > 402-440-5964 (Cell) > 402-219-8021 (work) > > This electronic mail and any attached documents are intended solely for the > named addressee(s) and contain confidential information. If you are not an > addressee, or responsible for delivering this email to an addressee, you have > received this email in error and are notified that reading, copying, or > disclosing this email is prohibited. If you received this email in error, > immediately reply to the sender and delete the message completely from your > computer system. > _______________________________________________ > Sepsisgroups mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sepsisgroups.org/listinfo.cgi/sepsisgroups-sepsisgroups.org
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