SURVIVING SEPSIS CAMPAIGN
The Surviving Sepsis Campaignis a collaborative effort of ESICM, SCCM (Society of Critical Care Medicine) and ISF (International Sepsis Forum). Their representatives form the Steering Committee: ESICM: Graham Ramsay, Herwig Gerlach, Richard Beale SCCM: Mitchell Levy, Margareth Parker, Maurene Harvey ISF: R Philip Dellinger; Charles Sprung, Jean-Louis Vincent
1. Declaration of BarcelonaDuring the annual ESICM congress in Barcelona (Spain), in October 2002, a Declaration was signed by major leaders in intensive care and many supporters, where they "call on healthcare professionals and their organisations, governments, health agencies and the public to support [their] initiative to reduce the incidence of sepsis mortality by 25% within 5 years". They also resolve to "provide leadership, support and guidance to governments and agencies towards the development of coherent global and national strategies for the diagnosis and treatment of sepsis". 2. Evidence-based GuidelinesIn June 2003, experts from Northern America and Europe met in Windsor over three days to produce evidence-based guidelines. Jean Carlet and Henry Masur led the group working on infection, while Philip Dellinger and Herwig Gerlach supervised the group on sepsis. These guidelines were first presented during the ESICM Annual Congress in October 2003, in Amsterdam and have now been published in Intensive Care Medicine and in Critical Care Medicine. The extended Guidelines have been published in a supplement issue of Critical Care Medicine in November 2004: CCM Vol 32 No 11 S445-S597. A set of experts has revised these Guidelines and updated them using the GRADE system. These new guidelines have been published in Critical Care Medicine and in Intensive Care Medicine in January 2008 Vol 34: 17-60.
The Guidelines full manuscript 2004 and 2008 as well as the revised pocket guide and the corresponding poster are available hereunder.
3. Education and awarenessPhase III of the campaign aims to operationalise the executive summary recommendations into a set of practical yet valid performance measure. In collaboration with the Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI), a set of user-friendly tools have been created to allow clinicians to incorporate these new recommendations into bedside care. These tools include educational programmes desgined to increase awareness and agreement with the recommendations, checklists or bundles to help ensure patients receive the intervention, and performance measures designed to provide feedback regarding how often patients receive the evidence.
Further Information
At the ESICM Office at public@esicm.org
SSC User GroupThere has been many User Group meetings organised in European cities in 2006 and 2007. Until now, 12,000 patients data have been submitted to the database that will be analysed from June 2008 on.
The guidelines Slide SetThis slide set and associated background notes are provided by the Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) as a service to all those interested in furthering the cause of the campaign. Educators, using the slide set for lecture purposes, should select the slides that satisfy content needs and the time constraints of their lecture. The 6h and the 24h bundles at the end of the slide set are essential tools for the management of sepsis and septic shock. Have a look! |
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