The Importance of Timely Source Control in Patients With Sepsis: Reviewing New Findings

CE Information

1.25 contact hours

Completion Time

1 hour, 15 minutes

Available Until

June 1, 2026

Posted By

Sepsis Alliance

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Overview

Specialties

Infection Control / Infectious Disease

Clinical Topics

Infectious Disease

Despite the 2021 Surviving Sepsis Campaign’s recommendation to “implement any required source control intervention as soon as medically and logistically practical” when treating patients with sepsis, there has, until recently, been little data available to suggest what impact time to source control may have on patient outcomes. However, a July 2022 study of 4,962 patients with sepsis undergoing source control interventions in a 14-hospital integrated healthcare system offers new insights about the association between the timing of source control and patient outcomes. During this webinar, learners will hear from the study's lead author about her findings and the conclusions that may be drawn from them. Learners will also have the opportunity to discuss sources with the highest association of poor outcomes and review best practice sepsis protocol recommendations for early source control.

Learning Objectives

At the end of the activity, the learner should be able to:

Restate new findings about the association between timing of source control and outcomes in the sepsis patient;
List sources of sepsis with the highest association of poor outcomes due to delays in recognition;
Review best practice sepsis protocol recommendations for early source control.

Speakers

Katherine Moll Reitz MD, MSc

Vascular Surgery Fellow
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Katherine M. Reitz, MD, MSc, has completed her general surgery residency and is a vascular surgery fellow at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). During her surgical training, she completed a post-doctoral fellowship funded by The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), through which she worked to bridge the research interests of UPMC's critical care medicine and surgery departments. In this setting, she focused on the risk of limb threat as well as amputation and, more recently, focused on the importance of timely source control for community sepsis. The collaborative research team plans to continue this important work, as such outcomes are of vital importance to patients.

CE Information

This activity offers 1.25 contact hours to attendees.

Accredited by California Board of Registered Nursing.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP17068 for 1.7 contact hours.

Other healthcare professionals will receive a certificate of attendance for 1.25 contact hours.

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