It would start with the secondary assessment. Severe sepsis can appear anytime during the admission. If there is documentation in triage that the patient presents with severe sepsis, triage time would be severe sepsis time. Otherwise you pick the earliest time you meet all 3 criteria.
Karen Belfi, RN, MSN Quality Outcomes Coordinator Lankenau Medical Center 484-476-8092 Pager: 5240 -----Original Message----- From: Sepsisgroups [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of McDonagh, Annmarie Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2016 9:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Sepsis Groups] Sepsis start time It is my understanding that the sepsis clock in triage for implementing the bundle starts when patient is seen in triage. If the screen is negative and 2 hours later based on reassessment of the patient becomes positive due to change in clinical condition. Does the clock start on the primary assessment or the second? Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ Sepsisgroups mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sepsisgroups.org/listinfo.cgi/sepsisgroups-sepsisgroups.org _______________________________________________ Sepsisgroups mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sepsisgroups.org/listinfo.cgi/sepsisgroups-sepsisgroups.org
