Sepsis Pathway for Adult Cancer Patients
What is Sepsis?
Sepsis is a clinical condition, arising when the body’s own immune system damages tissues and organs in the process of trying to fight off infection. Sepsis can cause organ failure, making it a time critical emergency that disproportionately adversely affects cancer patients.
Adult Clinical Sepsis Pathway
At Peter Mac, the Adult Clinical Sepsis Pathway was developed to improve patient outcomes and has been found to reduce associated hospital costs. As a result, the program was implemented at Royal Melbourne Hospital and recognised by becoming a Safer Care Victoria implementation project to scale to further Victorian hospitals. A toolkit is available on their website.
