Saolta Group Marks World Sepsis Day

World Sepsis Day (WSD) saw initiatives in all hospitals across the Saolta University Health Care Group to promote sepsis awareness amongst hospital staff, patients, relatives and members of the public.

WSD was marked this year across all hospitals in the Saolta Group and the improvements made in sepsis identification and treatment throughout the hospitals were highlighted for patients and staff.

Promotional materials available included patient information leaflets, presentation of local audit reports and displays of sepsis management pathways for hospital staff.

Hospital staff involved in promoting Sepsis Awareness Day across the group included the Early Warning Score and Sepsis Implementation Group, Infection Prevention and Control, Pharmacy, Emergency Department, Department of Anaesthesia and the Laboratory.