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, […]
EPISODE ONE – PANDEMIC SEPSIS Virtual Event 5th August 2020 @ 8am AEST (1 hour) Cost: $25 AUD Register here Design lead: Prof Simon Finfer In mid 2017 the World Health Assembly identified Sepsis as a global health priority. Sepsis is “a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection.” The Covid-19 […]
Where Critical Care Minds Meet We’re excited to you to join us at CCR Down Under 2025, 9–10 December at Federation Square, Melbourne. Led by Professor Rob Mac Sweeney, CCR Down Under brings together the world’s leading clinicians, researchers, journal editors, statisticians and allied health professionals to debate, challenge, and unpack the results of eight […]
My beautiful husband, Andrew was 58. We had been together for almost 39 years and married for 37. We have 3 wonderful children and 3 gorgeous grand babies who loved him “to the moon and back” as our eldest grand baby Tom says. Our lives began to change in March 2023 when Andrew began getting […]
We invite you to participate in the Sepsis Education Program, which brings clinicians, professional societies and colleges, educators, researchers and health leaders together in inspiring educational forums. The hybrid face to face and virtual forums will broaden direct engagement opportunities nationally, across the Asia Pacific and globally with our delegates and our sponsorship partners target […]
Please join the Paediatric Sepsis Series – Acute Rheumatic Fever in Children, virtual education brought to you by the Queensland Paediatric Sepsis Program (QPSP). Acute Rheumatic Fever (ARF) and sepsis are distinct conditions, but in children, they can sometimes be challenging to differentiate due to overlapping symptoms, particularly in the initial stages. Presented by Paediatric Cardiologist Dr Benjamin […]
The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care has released a new Easy Read resource about sepsis. This Easy Read resource will help people with intellectual disability and cognitive impairment understand the signs and symptoms of sepsis, and what to do if they are worried about sepsis. Accessibility – We aim to provide documents in […]
Sepsis Australia is a collaborative of individuals and organisations who are working to prevent sepsis, improve outcomes for sepsis survivors and support families and carers, and those bereaved by sepsis.
The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care in partnership with The George Institute for Global Health Australian Sepsis Network has developed a Sepsis Clinical Care Standard to provide guidance to clinicians and health service organisations when investigating and managing sepsis, and information to consumers about the care they can expect to receive. […]
