Infection Control Today - Sepsis

Pharmacy OneSource Announces Free Webinar on Reducing Sepsis Mortality

Pharmacy OneSource, software-as-a-service provider of Sentri7, a real-time infection prevention surveillance, documentation and reporting system, announces a complimentary webinar with Gita Patel, RPh, PharmD, and Nicki Roderman, RN, MSN, CCRN, on sepsis management in ...More

January 26, 2011

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UMB Office of Technology Transfer Licenses Innovative Anti-Sepsis Vaccine to Bali BioSciences

The University of Maryland, Baltimore’s (UMB) Office of Technology Transfer has completed a license agreement with Bali BioSciences LLC, an early-stage company pursuing an unusual, yet clever, strategy to combat disease. The company, together with its affiliated operating ...More

January 19, 2011

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Fast Sepsis Test Can Save Lives

Blood poisoning can be fatal. If you suffer from sepsis, you used to have to wait as much as 48 hours for laboratory findings. A new diagnostic platform as big as a credit card will now supply the analysis after as little as an hour. This system is based on nanoparticles ...More

December 23, 2010

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Vitamin C: A Potential Life-Saving Treatment for Sepsis

Physicians caring for patients with sepsis may soon have a new safe and cost-effective treatment for this life-threatening illness. Research led by Dr. Karel Tyml and his colleagues at the University of Western Ontario and Lawson Health Research Institute have found that ...More

November 18, 2010

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Severe Sepsis Associated With Development of Cognitive, Functional Disability Among Older Patients

Older adults who survived severe sepsis were more likely to develop substantial cognitive impairment and functional disability, according to a study in the Oct. 27 issue of JAMA. Hundreds of thousands of patients endure severe sepsis each year in the United States, ...More

October 26, 2010

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International Organizations Declare Sepsis a Global Medical Emergency

The Global Sepsis Alliance (GSA) is urging healthcare providers, patients and policymakers worldwide to treat sepsis as a medical emergency. "Tens of millions of people die from sepsis each year, making it the likely leading cause of death worldwide. Sepsis kills regardless ...More

October 1, 2010

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Most Adults Unfamiliar with Sepsis, Survey Shows

Sixty percent of U.S. adults are not familiar with sepsis, despite the fact that more than 200,000 Americans die from it every year, making sepsis one of the leading causes of death in the nation. Lack of awareness is even higher among adults over age 65, who are at greater ...More

September 27, 2010

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Hospital System Reduces Sepsis Mortality by 33 Percent in Three Years

Catholic Healthcare West (CHW), the nation's eighth largest health system, announces that its severe sepsis prevention initiative has saved an additional 991 lives and reduced severe sepsis inpatient mortality rate by 33 percent at the end of three years. "A core tenant of ...More

September 9, 2010

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New Class of Peptides May Protect Against Septic Shock

A new class of peptides may neutralize the endotoxin that causes sepsis, offering a new therapeutic strategy against an often lethal systemic bacterial infection. The researchers from Germany and Spain detail their findings in the September 2010 issue of the journal ...More

September 8, 2010

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Preventing Sepsis, Severe Infection by Blocking the 'Programmed Death 1' Protein

New research suggests that blocking a membrane protein called "Programmed Death 1" improves survival in a clinically relevant model of severe infection. ...More

August 3, 2010

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