Antibiotic Week, ESA Meeting, Melbourne, French Report, Respiratory Study, more

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November 18th to 24th Is World Antibiotic Awareness Week - Relationship Between Antibiotics and Sepsis Each November, World Antibiotic Awareness Week increases global awareness of antibiotic resistance and encourages best practices among the general public, healthcare workers, and policy makers. Sepsis and antibiotics are closely linked – sepsis can occur as the result of antimicrobial resistance and is the driving need for antimicrobial stewardship...

Presentations from WSD Supporter Meeting at the World Congress of Intensive Care in Melbourne On October 16th, WSD Supporters from all around the globe came together at the World Congress of Intensive Care in Melbourne for a WSD Supporter Meeting - all presentations are available to view and download on our webiste...

3rd Annual Meeting of the European Sepsis Alliance - March 23rd, 2020 - Save the Date The 3rd Annual Meeting of the European Sepsis Alliance will take place on Monday, March 23rd, 2020 in Brussels, Belgium...

French Ministry Issues Report - 10 Measures to Improve the Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management of Sepsis in France In May 2018, the French Director-General of Health appointed Prof. Annane to write a report on improving the prevention, diagnosis, and management of sepsis in France. This report has now been published and includes 10 concrete measures...

International Critical Care Nursing Considerations and Quality Indicators for the 2017 Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines This new open access publication highlights the implications of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines for nursing care...

The 25th International Symposium on Infections in the Critically Ill Patient in Barcelona, Spain On February 13th and 14th, 2020, the 25th International Symposium on Infections in the Critically Ill Patient will be held in Barcelona, Spain - more than 30 internationally recognized experts will review current concepts, technologies, and present advances in infections...

Study: Accuracy and Interobserver-Agreement of Respiratory Rate Measurements by Healthcare Professionals, and Its Effect on the Outcomes of Clinical Prediction/Diagnostic Rules It has long been known that inter- and intra-assessor variability is a common finding in patient assessment by health professionals. This finding holds true both for subjective assessment, for example, estimating a patient's weight; and objective assessment such as highlighted here...

Welcome to the Dark Side - Our Website Now Supports Dark Mode + Tutorial on How to Implement It This is pretty cool - our website now supports a site-wide dark mode, depending on the settings on your device...

The Latest Studies: Population incidence and mortality of sepsis in an urban African setting 2013-2016 International Critical Care Nursing Considerations and Quality Indicators for the 2017 Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines - Full Study - Our Comment Accuracy and interobserver-agreement of respiratory rate measurements by healthcare professionals, and its effect on the outcomes of clinical prediction/diagnostic rules - Full Study - Our Comment

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