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Published sources
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Teaching cards
Evidence card
What does the Surviving Sepsis Campaign say about screening for sepsis?
The campaign recommends a performance-improvement programme including screening of acutely ill, high-risk patients and standard operating procedures for treatment, and cautions against using qSOFA as the sole screening tool. Used here as an instructional reference only.
Source organisation
Surviving Sepsis Campaign
Citation
Surviving Sepsis Campaign International Guidelines
Published
2021
Retrieved
2026-02-11
Evidence type
Clinical practice guideline
Scope
Adult acute care
Intended population
Acutely ill adults at higher risk
Declared strength / certainty
Strength and certainty as declared by the source document
Local adaptation
Not adapted. Local screening tools and thresholds are governed by your organisation.
Owner
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Acute Care
Next review
2026-08-01
Boundary
What this does not establish
- · Does not establish a threshold for this simulation
- · Does not authorise any dose, order or treatment action in this platform
- · Does not make a single score sufficient for screening
Acute careScreeningInstructional