We use a Lactate lever of 2mm/L
Susan McKinney, RN Clinical Quality Coordinator- -Sepsis-VTE Clinical Effectiveness Team Rapid City Regional Hospital Rapid City, SD [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> 605-484-7381 Cell 605-755-4428-please note new number [Sepsis Alliance - Suspect Sepsis. Save Lives.] [Description: http://www.sepsisalliance.org/images/upload/SAMlogo2014.jpg] From: Sepsisgroups [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Juanita Fernandes Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2014 9:27 AM To: '[email protected]' Subject: [Sepsis Groups] Lactate critical value trigger for Sepsis Alert Hi Everyone, Our hospital is in the process of going live with an ED Sepsis Alert. We were able to get the lab to recognize a critical value for lactate that would trigger the lab to call the RN and the RN to notify the provider. My concern is that the level we chose was 4 or >. The data that we have collected on our own patients so far, even those in septic shock, rarely have a lactate as high as 4. What are other hospitals using for a lactate to trigger an alert? Juanita Juanita Fernandes, RN, BSN, CEN Emergency Department Nurse Educator Concord Hospital 250 Pleasant Street Concord, New Hampshire 03301 (603) 227-7000 ext. 3138 Pager (603) 221-1104 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Regional Health's mission is to provide and support health care excellence in partnership with the communities we serve. Note: The information contained in this message, including any attachments, may be privileged, confidential, or protected from disclosure under state or federal laws . If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the Sender immediately by a "reply to sender only" message and destroy all electronic or paper copies of the communication, including any attachments.
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