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News

  • Sepsis Seminar for State Legislators
  • News10 WTEN Examines Local Tragedy, Sepsis and Home Care
  • Senator Schumer Singles Out Stop Sepsis Award, Initiative
  • New Sepsis Institute Online Learning Platform Features HCA’s “Sepsis and Home Healthcare” Module
  • Sepsis Survivor Jillian Thibault Joins HCA on ‘Sepsis Superhero’ Stage, a True Hero
  • 13 WHAM Rochester: New York leads the charge in fight to prevent sepsis
  • September is Sepsis Month: Thousands Now Screened by Home Care RNs for Life-Threatening Sepsis Using Innovative Tool
  • Utica Observer-Dispatch: ‘Initiative having impact on sepsis’
  • NY Legislature Passes Nation’s First Sepsis Education and Support Initiative for Home Care
  • Stop Sepsis at Home to Receive 2019 Sepsis Hero Award
  • HCA and State Office for Aging Issue Joint PSA on Sepsis
  • Sepsis Alliance Resources You Can Use on Sepsis Survivor Week: Feb. 10-16
  • Archive: December 5 Webinar to Help You Begin Using HCA Sepsis Tool
  • Haven’t Yet Adopted HCA’s Sepsis Tool? Register Today for Dec. 5 Webinar to Get Started
  • Inaugural All-Sector Sepsis Summit Draws 200 Attendees from Across NYS to Learn, Share Practices in Urgent Call To Action
  • All-Star Faculty at October 3 All-Sector Sepsis Summit
  • Sept. 5 Webinar With Sepsis Alliance to Build on Your Sepsis Interventions & Fulfill Mandatory VBP Component
  • Sepsis Alliance Offers Toolkit for Sepsis Awareness Month in September
  • Webinar Archive: HCA Adult Sepsis Screening Tool Data Entry
  • Op-ed By Sepsis Survivor and Home Care RN Clinical Educator on Stop Sepsis at Home
  • HCA, HANYS, IPRO Present an All-Sector Sepsis Summit on Oct. 3 in Albany
  • HCA & IPRO Invite You to 7/18 Webinar on Data Collection Process for HCA Sepsis Tool to Share Outcomes
  • CDC: Call or Go Online to Get FREE Get Ahead of Sepsis Print Materials Now
  • Home Care Agencies Invited to Join National “Sepsis Coordinators Network”
  • IPRO Presents Quality Award to HCA for Sepsis Initiative
  • Register for Statewide Technical Assistance, Q&A Call for Sepsis Tool Users on June 4
  • CDC Blog Features Post from ‘Stop Sepsis at Home’ Partner Orlaith Staunton, Co-Founder of Rory Staunton Foundation for Sepsis Prevention: Get Back to Basics to Prevent Infections and Sepsis
  • Sepsis User Agreement, Info Guides, Data Sheets & Other Resources Posted in Follow-up to Training Sessions
  • Major Radio Spot Features HCA’s Home Care Sepsis Effort
  • Staunton Foundation Founders Tell Story at Stop Sepsis at Home Session
  • HCA and Dr. Sanders Discuss Sepsis on WAMC Call-In Show
  • VNS Westchester Hosts HCA’s “Stop Sepsis at Home NY” Hudson Valley Regional Training Session
  • Provider Spotlight: VNS in Westchester Takes Vigorous Approach on Sepsis
  • Press: How One Home Care Association is Taking on Sepsis
  • You’re Invited: 8 Regional Training and Cross-Sector Collaboration Sessions Across NYS
  • HCA Awarded NYSHealth Grant for Sepsis Screening in Community Settings

Sepsis Fast Facts

  • Sepsis is an inflammatory response to an infection, often with fatal results.
  • Sepsis is a medical emergency. Sepsis can cause organ failure, septic shock, a precipitous drop in blood pressure – and death.
  • Older adults or people with weakened immune systems are most susceptible, but anyone can develop sepsis from an infection.
  • Treatment for sepsis usually includes antibiotics and large amounts of intravenous fluids.
  • Mortality from sepsis increases 8% every hour that treatment is delayed. As many as 80% of sepsis deaths may be prevented with rapid diagnosis and treatment.
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