Add a DSI that triggers an alert when any 2 systemic inflammatory responses (SIRs) are met.

Values: WBC>>12,000, HR>90, RR>20, temp> 100.4, Lactate>2.0. These are discreet values should trigger an alert for the nurse and MD.

Patients, nurses, and doctors would benefit because the alert would prompt a review of the chart and a patient assessment to identify the absence/presence of sepsis.

The risk of death from sepsis increases for every hour it isn't recognized and treatment is delayed. Sepsis is the third leading cause of death in the United States, and kills more people worldwide than cancer. (Sepsis Alliance. Sepsis Fact Sheet. 2024. https://www.sepsis.org/education/resources/fact-sheets/)