Background
1. Patient must have at least 1 true value from each category (A, B and C) |
2. Once it has fired it will not fire again for 12 h, per nursing and per physicians |
3. It fires even if the patient has sepsis on problem list |
A). Must have temperature greater than 100.9 F or less than 95.8 F |
(Considers T max last 12 h lookback) |
AND |
B). White blood cell count (WBC) greater than 12,000 or WBC less than 4000 and Bands >10%, or lactic acid greater than 2 |
Considers last WBC look-back up to 24 h, and last lactic acid look-back up to 12 h |
AND |
C). Heart rate greater than 90 or respiratory rate greater than 25 or systolic blood pressure less than 90 |
Considers heart rate max & respiratory rate max & systolic blood pressure minimum with in past 6 h |
Results
Year | Total cases | Mortality % |
---|---|---|
2016 (quarter 1) | 229 | 13.72 |
2015 | 622 | 15.15 |
2014 | 400 | 19.44 |
2013 | 296 | 25.08 |
OS used | OS not used | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
Emergency department BPA | 111 | 72 | 183 |
Inpatient BPA | 233 | 359 | 592 |
Total | 344 | 431 | 775 |
Number of cases | Observed mortality % | Observed LOS (days) | Observed readmissions % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Order set used | 218 | 11.57 | 11.68 | 11.7 |
Order set not used | 905 | 18.19 | 13.31 | 16.69 |