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. 2018 May 6;22(1):116.
doi: 10.1186/s13054-018-2048-3.

Sepsis is a preventable public health problem

Jordan A Kempker  1 , Henry E Wang  2 , Greg S Martin  3
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Sepsis is a preventable public health problem

Jordan A Kempker et al. Crit Care. .

Abstract

There is a paradigm shift happening for sepsis. Sepsis is no longer solely conceptualized as problem of individual patients treated in emergency departments and intensive care units but also as one that is addressed as public health issue with population- and systems-based solutions. We offer a conceptual framework for sepsis as a public health problem by adapting the traditional model of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention.

Keywords: Epidemiology; Infection control; Prevention; Public health; Sepsis.

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Preventive strategies along the sepsis chain of events. ICU intensive care unit
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