Sepsis Resources

NYSED Sepsis Resources

NYSED Memo: September is Sepsis Awareness Month- Provides an overview of NYSED partnership with the Rory Staunton Foundation to create resources for schools to teach students about this severe infection. (9/8/17) 

NYSED Sepsis Webpage- Provides resources to educate students and the school community about sepsis prevention, signs and symptoms of sepsis infection, and how to seek appropriate medical assistance.  Includes link to the Rory Staunton Foundation with Sepsis Education Lesson Plans for Grades Pre-K – Grade 12 (link also provided  below)

Rory Staunton Foundation- Lessons on Sepsis for the Classroom, Resources about Sepsis and a Video, Sepsis: A Hidden Crisis Exposed 

NYSDOH Public Health Law 2800, 2803 also known as Rory's Regulations

Effective May 2013, all NYS hospitals are required to adopt evidence-based protocols for the early diagnosis and treatment of sepsis. Known as Rory’s Regulations, in honor of Rory Staunton, Click here to view the Regulations.

NYSDOH Sepsis Regulations: Guidance Document 405.4 (a)(4)

Parent's Bill of Rights for Sepsis Public Health Law (PHL) 2803(i)(g) Patients’ Rights 10NYCRR, Section 405.7 

CDC Resources

CDC Sepsis Website-Provides fact sheets, clinical guidelines education resources, and tools, bibliography, data report on incidence and links to websites that provide additional information about sepsis.

Guidelines and Clinical Tools for Recognizing and Managing Sepsis

Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International Guidelinehttp://www.qualityreportingcenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/NYS-Severe-Sepsis-Resource-Guide508.pdfs for Management of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock:2016-Provides Key recommendations and suggestions, listed by category, include: early quantitative resuscitation of the septic patient during the first 6 hrs after recognition.(2016)

Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock JAMA Clinical Guidelines Synopsis February 28, 2017

Updated 10/8/17