Enormous economic burden on the health care system, estimated at $16.7 billion annually.
Traditional focus has been on ER patients, while 40% of sepsis diagnosis come from the inpatient units. The NYS requirement will be to treat all hospitalized patients.
Average Length of Stay (LOS) for a patient with sepsis is 19-24 days.
In severe cases of sepsis, a patient’s blood pressure drops, prompting the body to go into shock, which may lead to organ failure.
Early recognition and treatment of sepsis before a case becomes severe can improve a patient’s chance for recovery.