Sepsis guideline compliance improves, rate of death declines after educational effort

Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 16:14 in Health & Medicine

A national educational effort in Spain to promote appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock was associated with a lower rate of sepsis deaths in hospitals and improved guideline adherence, although the improvement in compliance with some resuscitation procedures diminished after one year, according to a study in the May 21 issue of JAMA.

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