Advances made against deadly infection complication, sepsis
Wednesday, October 21, 2015 - 09:20
in Health & Medicine
Sepsis is an inflammatory response to infection that can develop in hospital settings and can turn deadly if not discovered early on. In a new study, a hospital surveillance program focusing on reducing the risks of sepsis was found to reduce the risk of adverse outcomes, such as death and hospice discharge, by 30 percent over the course of one year.