Good day. We have updated our sepsis screening practices in our 3 hospitals locally to comply with our newly standardized corporate process for sepsis care. We have had an interesting question from one of our local clinical areas in adolescent behavioral health that we can't answer. So, I am turning to you for your advice at the recommendation of Stephen L. Davidow, MBA-HCM, APR, Lean Health Care Certified, Six Sigma Green Belt in Health Care | Manager, Quality Implementation Programs | Society of Critical Care Medicine.
We have a behavioral health/chemical dependency program affiliated with one of our hospitals locally that offers inpatient mental health services and acute care detox. We know the adolescent population presents with cutting issues, needle marks, and other reasons that might create a potential sepsis situation. What percentage of adolescent behavioral patients across the U.S. actually present with or develop sepsis in an inpatient behavioral/mental health environment? We are trying to establish reasonable sepsis screening frequency guidelines with them. We decided to screen our acute care geriatric psych population once in every 8 hour shift because of their age, comorbidities, etc. It's the adolescent/children populations we are not sure about. Does anyone have suggestions or research about sepsis incidence, frequency of screening, etc. in the behavioral/mental health populations? It is easier to garner support for change when we have the science/research behind the request. Thank you very much for your assistance. Evelyn Schnoor, MSN, RN, ACNS-BC Process Improvement Coord. [cid:[email protected]] Methodist | Lutheran | Methodist West | Blank Children's Iowa Lutheran Hospital 700 E. University Ave., Des Moines, IA 50316 Office: 515-263-5507, FAX: 515-263-5415 Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> This message and accompanying documents are covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. sections 2510-2521, and contain information intended for the specified individual(s) only. This information is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, copying, or the taking of any action based on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message.
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