Delivering High Quality Care

AQ Sepsis: A Quick Guide

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An introduction to the Advancing Quality sepsis programme. You'll learn about our work on sepsis, what data we collect and why.

Course content

Lesson Introduction
- Overview and objectives
- How to navigate The Hub
Lesson About sepsis
- Sepsis overview
- Who gets sepsis?
- Consequences of sepsis
- Importance of early recognition
- Quiz
Lesson Sepsis and the Advancing Quality programme
- Introduction
- How we measure care
- The AQ process
- The AQ sepsis measure set
- NEWS2 recorded within 1 hour of arrival
- Blood cultures taken within 1 hour of sepsis diagnosis
- Antibiotics administered within 1 hour of sepsis diagnosis
- Serum lactate taken within 1 hour of sepsis diagnosis
- IV fluids commenced within 1 hour of sepsis diagnosis
- Senior review or assessment by critical care within 2 hours of sepsis diagnosis
- Care pathway commenced following sepsis diagnosis
- Key sepsis insights
- Quiz
Lesson More about AQ
- The AQ team
- More information
- Thank you
- Evaluation