We have included Procalcitonin on our electronic ordersets. Our physicians use it when we are trying to verify an infection and to wean patients off antibiotics.
Linda G. Pender RRT-NPS Sepsis Coordinator Patient Care Services Administration phone: 478-633-6806 pager: 4444 KNOW Sepsis: Inside & Out Confidential Quality Improvement: Not for Disclosure Email: [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Sepsisgroups [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2017 3:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Sepsisgroups Digest, Vol 235, Issue 7 Send Sepsisgroups mailing list submissions to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.sepsisgroups.org/listinfo.cgi/sepsisgroups-sepsisgroups.org or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [email protected] You can reach the person managing the list at [email protected] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Sepsisgroups digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Sepsis-3, 2016 Guidelines, and CMS (Seckel, Maureen M) 2. Re: Procalcitonin (Humiston, Patricia) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2017 19:49:21 +0000 From: "Seckel, Maureen M" <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: [Sepsis Groups] Sepsis-3, 2016 Guidelines, and CMS Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi, Has anyone heard of any timeframe for discussion with CMS about reviewing the current Sep-1 performance measures since the publication of Sepsis-3 definitions and the 2016 Surviving Sepsis Guidelines? Will there be a discussion? Maureen A. Seckel, APRN, ACNS-BC, CCNS, CCRN, FCCM Lead CNS Medical Pulmonary Critical Care Sepsis Coordinator Christiana Care Health System 4755 Ogletown-Stanton Road 3E29 Newark, DE 19718 Office 302 733-6023 [email protected] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.sepsisgroups.org/pipermail/sepsisgroups-sepsisgroups.org/attachments/20170220/099e7364/attachment.html> ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2017 11:56:56 -0500 From: "Humiston, Patricia" <[email protected]> To: Gena Henriques <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Sepsis Groups] Procalcitonin Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" No not as of this time, but there is ongoing discussions Patricia Humiston, MBA RN-C Division of Healthcare Quality Baystate Health Systems (413) 794-0194/beeper#40194 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> From: Sepsisgroups [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gena Henriques Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2017 9:23 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Sepsis Groups] Procalcitonin Hi, Has anyone included procalcitonin on sepsis order sets? If not, are your physicians ordering it routinely? 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