Jen,
If your Sepsis rates are going up and your Sepsic shock rates are going down, have you considered that your ED is doing a better job of earlier recognition? I think this is what you would want to see. That is supported in the literature.
Thanks,
Carolyn Burger, RN, CPHQ
Clinical Performance Coordinator
Lakeland HealthCare
269-983-8896
cburger@lakelandregional.org