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Opportunity for Opportunity for Opportunity for Opportunity for
Safe and Effective Safe and Effective Safe and Effective Safe and Effective
Intervention is Intervention is Intervention is Intervention is Here!Here!Here!Here!
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EARLY RECOGNITION
EARLY INTERVENTION
IMPROVED SURVIVALIMPROVED SURVIVALIMPROVED SURVIVALIMPROVED SURVIVAL
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Elevated Heart Rate
Hyperthermia/Hypothermia
Elevated/Low WBC Count
Elevated Respiratory Rate
Acute Change in Mental Status
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These vital signs may seem easy to spot –
but are often overlooked!
Recognize the Signs of Sepsis
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Total Observations: 1,883,135
(%)
%RR = 18: 37.41
%RR = 19: 7.21
%RR = 20: 21.24
%RR 18 or 20 65.86
%RR Remainder: 41.35
Mild Tachypnea is an *Early* Sign
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SEPSIS SEVERE SEPSIS SEPTIC SHOCKSEPSIS SEVERE SEPSIS SEPTIC SHOCK
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CLINICAL SIGNSCLINICAL SIGNSCLINICAL SIGNSCLINICAL SIGNS
NURSES’ ROLENURSES’ ROLENURSES’ ROLENURSES’ ROLE
• Tachycardia• Tachypnea• Confusion• Fever
• Recognition/Assessment• Call Response Team!• Oxygen• Fluid bolus
• Obtain cultures• Obtain other labs• Antibiotic administration• VS Monitoring• I&O Monitoring
• Decreased UOP• Hypotension• Elevated lactate• Organ dysfunction
• Refractory hypotension• On vasopressors• On inotropes• Mechanical ventilation
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Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome
• Temperature• >100.9°F (38.3°C) (hyperthermia)• or <96.8°F (36°C) (hypothermia)
• Heart Rate - >90 bpm (tachycardia)
• Respiratory Rate - > 20 (tachypnea)
• WBC • > 12,000 µ/L (leukocytosis)
• or < 4,000 µ/L (leukopenia)
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Intravascular inflammationIntravascular inflammationIntravascular inflammationIntravascular inflammation:
� Is uncontrolled, unregulated, and self-sustaining
� Causes blood to spread mediators usually confined to the interstitial space
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organ dysfunction, organ dysfunction, organ dysfunction, organ dysfunction,
hypoperfusionhypoperfusionhypoperfusionhypoperfusion
or hypotensionor hypotensionor hypotensionor hypotension
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Organ Dysfunction VariablesOrgan Dysfunction VariablesOrgan Dysfunction VariablesOrgan Dysfunction Variables15151515
� Arterial hypoxemia
� Acute lung injury
� Acute oliguria� UOP < 0.5 mL/kg/hr for at least 2 hours despite fluid
resuscitation
� Coagulation abnormalities� Thrombocytopenia
� Hyperbilirubinemia� Ileus/hypoactive bowel sounds
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Hemodynamic VariablesHemodynamic VariablesHemodynamic VariablesHemodynamic Variables15151515
� Sepsis-induced hypotension
� Mixed venous oxygen saturation < 70%
� Cardiac index < 3.5 L/min
Tissue Tissue Tissue Tissue Perfusion VariablesPerfusion VariablesPerfusion VariablesPerfusion Variables15151515
� Mottled skin or decreased capillary refill
� Elevated lactate > 4 mmol/L (you can have severe sepsis without elevated lactate)
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• Tachypnea, tachycardia and changes in mental status are early signs of severe sepsis AND often precede both fever and hypotension
• Skin remains warm (in early shock stage) unless severely volume depleted, then skin can be cool and mottled(in late shock stage)
�Early recognition is the key to successful treatment and outcomes!
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Signs of Severe Sepsis (con’t)
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↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ BP after fluid resuscitation BP after fluid resuscitation BP after fluid resuscitation BP after fluid resuscitation
(refractory hypotension)(refractory hypotension)(refractory hypotension)(refractory hypotension)
&&&& perfusion perfusion perfusion perfusion abnormalities abnormalities abnormalities abnormalities
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Septic ShockSeptic ShockSeptic ShockSeptic Shock
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• Fluid resuscitation
• NS or LR
• Blood products if Hgb ≤ 7 (goal is 7-9)
• Labs & Diagnostic Tests
• Pan Culture
• Blood cultures (X2), urine, sputum, wounds, etc.
as indicated
• Antibiotics
• Initiate within 1 hour of recognition of sepsisInitiate within 1 hour of recognition of sepsisInitiate within 1 hour of recognition of sepsisInitiate within 1 hour of recognition of sepsis
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Lactic Acid
� � levels common in patients with severe sepsis or septic shock
� � levels may be either/or both metabolic failure or
tissue hypoperfusion
� In sepsis, early lactate clearance is associated with preserved organ function and improved survival –prolonged lactate clearance is associated with
worsened multi-organ dysfunction
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Volume resuscitation and immediate antibiotic administration are the most important therapies:
Fluid volume significantly increases cardiac output and systemic oxygen delivery
• Fluids alone may be sufficient to reverse hypotension and restore hemodynamic stability
• Fluid requirements may be as much as 3-5 liters
• Fluid challenge should be titrated to BP, HR and CO
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Antimicrobials
� Source - bacterial, viral, fungal, or parasitic
Surgery
� Source control is imperative when possible.
Other
� Infected lines, catheters, & implants
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� Acute myocardial infarction
� Acute pulmonary embolism
� Acute pancreatitis
� Acute GI bleed
� Adverse drug reactions
� Trauma
� Burns
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� HR < 100 bpm
� SBP > 90 mmHg or MAP > 70 mmHg
� RR < 20
� Temperature normalized
� Lactic acid < 1.5 mmol/L
� Urine output ≥ 0.5 ml/hr/kg
� Source control
� Return to baseline mentation
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The project described is supported by Funding Opportunity Number 1C1CMS330975-01-00 from
the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The contents of these slides are solely
the responsibility of the authors and do not
necessarily represent the official views of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services or any of its agencies. The research presented here was
conducted by Houston Methodist. Findings might or might not be consistent with or confirmed by
the independent evaluation contractor.
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AcknowledgementsAcknowledgementsAcknowledgementsAcknowledgements::::• Sepsis Nurse Practitioner Team at Houston Methodist Hospital • Supported in part by a training fellowship from the Keck Center for Interdisciplinary Bioscience
Training of the Gulf Coast Consortia (NLM Grant No. 5T15LM007093).
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Sepsis
Levi Njord,Director, Infection Prevention & Epidemiology
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Summary
• ESRD surveillance in the United States
• National incidence of sepsis
• Surveillance & treatment obstacles
• Strategies to improve surveillance &
treatment
• Opportunities ahead
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The “Dialysis Event”
• Positive blood culture
• IV abx start
• PRS at vascular access
• Fever
• Chills
• Hypotension
• Other
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Patient-Months
• Number of:
– Unique patients
– Treating on the first
two treatment days
of the month
– Grouped by vascular
access
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Methods of surveillanceMethod Strengths Limitations
Centrally identified / Centrally reported
• Standardized application of rules
• Limited burden on facilities
• Highly auditable
• Less facility engagement with surveillance data
• Requires advanced technical support
Centrally identified / Facility reported
• Standardized application of rules
• Highly auditable
• Clerical burden on facilities
• Opportunity for data entry error
• Requires moderate technical support
Facility identified / Facility Reported
• Easiest to implement• Most like CDC-defined
process
• Highly burdensomefor facilities
• Large variance in rule application
• Difficult to audit
Ideally surveillance would be standardized, accurate, fair, useful and not burdensome to facilities
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Bloodstream Infection Rate
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• BSI rates can be calculated monthly, quarterly, or annually• BSI rates can be grouped by vascular access type
• Requires that blood cultures were drawn and/or recorded• IV abx & PRS have no bearing on current BSI rates
• Blood cultures are grouped by the NHSN 21 day rule
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Steps to calculate SIR
1) Obtain the national reference
stratified BSI rates
2) Divide the rates by 100 to get the
rate per 1 patient month (basic rate)
3) Multiply the basic rate by facility’s
census stratified by access type to
obtain the “expected” number of
infections
4) Obtain the facility’s observed
infections for the year stratified by
access type
5) Sum the expected number of
infections
6) Sum the observed number of
infections
7) Divide the sum of observed
infections by the sum of expected
infections to obtain the SIR
National Rate Rate
CVC 2.16
AVF 0.26
AVG 0.39
Other 0.67
National Rate Rate
CVC 0.0216
AVF 0.0026
AVG 0.0039
Other 0.0067
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Expected BSI
CVC 0.0216 240 5.184
AVF 0.0026 840 2.184
AVG 0.0039 120 0.468
Other 0.0067 60 0.402
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CVC 3 5.184
AVF 2 2.184
AVG 1 0.468
Other 0 0.402
TOTAL 6 8.238
Observed 6
Expected 8.238
SIR 0.73
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How are we doing?
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Obstacles
• Early and standard identification of sepsis
– Sign-based identification
– Cases identified outside the clinic
• Obtaining blood culture results
– Drawing blood cultures when indicated
– Obtaining externally resulted results
• Antibiotic stewardship
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Strategies to improve identification
• Standardized and clear “sign definitions”
– Fever, Chills, Hypotension
– Altered mental status, pain, etc.
– Consider the vascular access
• Clinical algorithms
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Strategies to obtain results
• Blood Culture “Rate”
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• Structured follow-up with each hospitalization
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• Health Information Exchanges
1. Blood culture results can be negative or positive2. Signs of sepsis include fever, chills, hypotension
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Opportunities ahead
• Promising new technologies
– Surveillance
– Prevention
• Collaboration between stakeholders
– Dialysis providers, regulators, public health,
ESRD networks/QIOs, academia, etc.
AQKC Contact Information and
Sepsis Resources� How to get help
– Sepsis Resources http://www.aqkc.org/content/healthcare-associated-infections
– AQKC website (www.aqkc.org)
– Network contacts• ESRD Network 8 - [email protected]• (Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee)
• ESRD Network 14 - [email protected]
(Texas)
– Please take a moment to complete the poll questions at the end of the webinar
DO NOT email patient-specific information
(name, DOB, SSN, etc.) to the Network office!