In this episode of the podcast, we will discuss Hospital Sepsis Programs with the recently released CDC Hospital Sepsis Program Core Elements document as an anchor. Our guest is Dr. Hallie Prescott, an Associate Professor in Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine at the University of Michigan, and a staff physician at the Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Healthcare System. Dr. Prescott’s primary focus of research has been on sepsis care and outcomes. She serves as co-chair of the international Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines and as lead for the Michigan Hospital Medicine Safety Consortium’s Sepsis Initiative.

Additional Resources:

CDC Hospital Program Sepsis Program Core Elements: https://www.cdc.gov/sepsis/pdfs/sepsis-core-elements-H.pdf

CDC Additional Sepsis Clinical Resources: https://www.cdc.gov/sepsis/core-elements/resources.html

SCCM Surviving Sepsis Guidelines: https://journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2021&issue=11000&article=00021&type=Fulltext

Characterising an implementation intervention in terms of behaviour change techniques and theory: the ‘Sepsis Six’ clinical care bundle. Steinmo S, et al. Implementation Science 2015: https://implementationscience.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13012-015-0300-7

Effect of a Multicomponent Sepsis Transition and Recovery Program on Mortality and Readmissions After Sepsis: The Improving Morbidity During Post-Acute Care Transitions for Sepsis Randomized Clinical Trial. Crit Care Medicine 2022: https://escholarship.org/content/qt4j222757/qt4j222757_noSplash_ad94a5b7db24a75b6176198a51129f5a.pdf

Books mentioned in this episode:

The Autumn Ghost: How the Battle Against a Polio Epidemic Revolutionized Modern Medical Care. By Hannah Wunsch: https://www.amazon.com/Autumn-Ghost-Against-Epidemic-Revolutionized/dp/1771649453/ref=sr_1_1?crid=K1OFKS5NTQM4&keywords=the+autumn+ghost+hannah+wunsch&qid=1694808152&sprefix=autumn+ghosts%2Caps%2C108&sr=8-1