Care bundles: resuscitation of patients with severe sepsis
Matthew Peel Clinical nurse educator, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds
This article outlines a nurse-led system to identify patients with severe sepsis outside critical care settings. It also discusses how the Surviving Sepsis Campaign’s severe sepsis resuscitation care bundle can be initiated. Patient outcome and audit results are examined.
Nursing Standard.
23, 11, 41-46.
doi: 10.7748/ns2008.11.23.11.41.c6725
Correspondence
Matthew.peel@leedsth.nhs.uk
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