Since the release of Australia’s first Sepsis National Action Plan in 2017, Sepsis Australia has led a national collaboration, working in partnership with clinicians, consumers, researchers, and policymakers to elevate the national response to sepsis. Eight years on, awareness has increased, clinical pathways have been established and resources have been developed and disseminated. These outcomes […]
Sepsis Australia welcomes the release of the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care’s Sepsis Epidemiology Report — the most comprehensive national analysis to date of hospital-treated sepsis in Australia. Drawing on more than 900,000 hospitalisations between 2013–14 and 2022–23, the report confirms that sepsis is significantly more widespread, deadly, and costly than […]
For years, Australia has faced persistent challenges in capturing accurate sepsis data, including inconsistent diagnosis documentation, complex coding and no centralised reporting which has resulted in chronic underreporting. These issues are not unique to Australia, documentation and data limitations are a global concern, affecting efforts to track and respond to the growing burden of sepsis, […]
