Using objective clinical data to track progress on preventing and treating sepsis: CDC's new Adult Sepsis Event' surveillance strategy

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2019, Pages 305-309

  Rhee, Chanu ^a,b   Dantes, Raymund Barretto ^c,d   Epstein, Lauren ^d   Klompas, Michael ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

critical care; healthcare quality improvement; quality measurement

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; REVIEW; SEPSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, U.S.; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SEPSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85053915398     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008331     Document Type: Review

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