Lactic acid has a 6 hour look back allowance - anything beyond that needs a redraw So this equals a 9 hour window - 6 hours prior to T-0 and 3 hours after T-0
Thanks, MARY ANN BARNES-DALY RN BSN CCRN DC | Clinical Performance Improvement Consultant Sutter Health - Office of Patient Experience | 2200 River Plaza Drive, Sacramento, CA 95833 Mobile 916.200.5604| Office 916.286.6717 | [email protected] "You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete." ~R. Buckminster Fuller From: Sepsisgroups [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Robertson Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 12:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Sepsis Groups] Lactic Acid Sepsis Group We have implemented a protocol to start lactic acid testing for all patients who present and meet the Sepsis definition - in the hope that they don't/won't progress to severe sepsis or septic shock. Question - if we have already got a lactic acid on a patient who presented today with Sepsis, and they progress to severe sepsis - did we 'beat the clock' with the lactic acid we already took, or does the clock then start when the Severe Sepsis diagnosis is made? John Robertson, CQO Hillsdale Hospital
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