REACH is a system that helps patients, carer/s, and families to escalate their concerns with staff about worrying changes in a patient’s condition. It stands for Recognise, Engage, Act, Call, Help is on its way.
Links to useful resources for awareness events, education, protocol and pathway development, research and quality improvement provided by our colleagues in the sepsis professional community.
Sepsis Australia operates within an ecosystem of health and sepsis focused organisations and individual champions all working towards reducing the burden of sepsis.
#SepsisChallenge How-to Guide Sepsis Australia in partnership with the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care launched a National Targeted Public Awareness Campaign to increase word recognition, educate about the signs of sepsis, and encourage people to find out more. Join the #sepsischallenge, a social media tongue twister challenge (#SepsisChallenge) below are the […]
People without a functioning spleen have a lifelong risk of getting a serious bacterial infection. These infections are often caused by bacteria with a tough capsule around the outside (encapsulated bacteria). People without a functioning spleen have a decreased ability to fight these infections. These can commonly present as infections of the lung (pneumonia), blood […]
Queensland children health experts explain the impact and treatment of sepsis.
Advancing Sepsis Care Through Knowledge Sharing and Collaboration The Australian Sepsis Grand Round (ASGR) is a free online event series dedicated to advancing best-practice sepsis care and fostering collaboration among healthcare professionals. Since its inception as the Victorian Sepsis Grand Round in 2021, ASGR has become a hub for knowledge exchange and professional development, uniting […]
Shaping Sepsis Care is a new Australian study that brings together patients, carers, and healthcare professionals to identify and rank the most important unanswered research questions about sepsis. Led by the National Critical Care Research (NCCR) Collaboration, it is part of a new Priority Setting Partnership in conjunction with the UK’s James Lind Alliance (JLA). […]
Sepsis remains a major global health challenge, particularly in low- and middle-income countries where access to trained clinicians, diagnostics, and infrastructure is often limited. To address this, the Asia Pacific Sepsis Alliance led a global Delphi consensus process, bringing together clinicians and experts from diverse settings to develop practical, evidence-informed statements for the management of […]
