Improving Pediatric Sepsis Outcomes
Challenge sepsis.
Change lives.
Every year, more than 3 million children worldwide die from sepsis, including 7,000 in the U.S. Pediatric sepsis hospitalizes more than 72,000 kids a year and costs the U.S. health care system up to $7.3 billon.
From 2016-2023, 66 children’s hospitals across the U.S. came together to share data and collaborate on solutions to reduce deaths and disabilities due to sepsis. Eight years of learning and data from more than 100,000 sepsis cases culminated in a comprehensive guide to sepsis care.
Called a change package, this improvement toolkit equips hospitals of all types with practical resources and evidence-based strategies to improve pediatric sepsis outcomes.
What's in the change package?
A lifesaving bundle of care
Strategies for effective implementation
Key measures for tracking performance
70+ sepsis tools from high-performing hospitals
If these IPSO bundle tools had been around for my son, his sepsis may have been prevented. Now, we’re better equipped to reduce mortality rates for other children.
– JUDY FULLER, BSN, RN
Improving Pediatric Sepsis Outcomes Collaborative
The Improving Pediatric Sepsis Outcomes (IPSO) collaborative was a multi-year, multi-site, and multi-disciplinary effort to decrease sepsis-associated mortality.
Using multimodal quality improvement (QI) methodologies, evidence-based care bundles, and data-driven performance evaluation, the collaborative decreased not only mortality rates but also hospital days and antibiotic use among children with sepsis.
8
years
66
hospitals convened
100K+
cases analyzed
570+
estimated lives saved
– CHARLES G. MACIAS, MD, MPH
Improving Pediatric Sepsis Outcomes
Challenge sepsis.
Change lives.
Every year, more than 3 million children worldwide die from sepsis, including 7,000 in the U.S. Pediatric sepsis hospitalizes more than 72,000 kids a year and costs the U.S. health care system up to $7.3 billon.
From 2016-2023, 66 children’s hospitals across the U.S. came together to share data and collaborate on solutions to reduce deaths and disabilities due to sepsis. Eight years of learning and data from more than 100,000 sepsis cases culminated in a comprehensive guide to sepsis care.
Called a change package, this improvement toolkit equips hospitals of all types with practical resources and evidence-based strategies to improve pediatric sepsis outcomes.
What's in the change package?
A lifesaving bundle of care
Strategies for effective implementation
Key measures for tracking performance
70+ sepsis tools from high-performing hospitals
If IPSO bundle tools had been around for my son, his sepsis may have been prevented. Now, we’re better equipped to reduce mortality rates for other children.
– JUDY FULLER, BSN, RN
Improving Pediatric Sepsis Outcomes Collaborative
The Improving Pediatric Sepsis Outcomes (IPSO) collaborative was a multi-year, multi-site, and multi-disciplinary effort to decrease sepsis-associated mortality.
Using multimodal quality improvement (QI) methodologies, evidence-based care bundles, and data-driven performance evaluation, the collaborative decreased not only mortality rates but also hospital days and antibiotic use among children with sepsis.
8
years
66
hospitals convened
100K+
cases analyzed
570+
estimated lives saved
These were very powerful outcomes from the 66 hospitals engaged in this work.M/p>
– CHARLES G. MACIAS, MD, MPH
Improving Pediatric Sepsis Outcomes
Challenge sepsis.
Change lives.
Every year, more than 3 million children worldwide die from sepsis, including 7,000 in the U.S. Pediatric sepsis hospitalizes more than 72,000 kids a year and costs the U.S. health care system up to $7.3 billon.
From 2016-2023, 66 children’s hospitals across the U.S. came together to share data and collaborate on solutions to reduce deaths and disabilities due to sepsis. Eight years of learning and data from more than 100,000 sepsis cases culminated in a comprehensive guide to sepsis care.
Called a change package, this improvement toolkit equips hospitals of all types with practical resources and evidence-based strategies to improve pediatric sepsis outcomes.
What's in the change package?
A lifesaving bundle of care
Strategies for effective implementation
Key measures for tracking performance
70+ sepsis tools from high-performing hospitals
If IPSO bundle tools had been around for my son, his sepsis may have been prevented. Now, we’re better equipped to reduce mortality rates for other children.
JUDY FULLER, BSN, RN
Improving Pediatric Sepsis Outcomes Collaborative
The Improving Pediatric Sepsis Outcomes (IPSO) collaborative was a multi-year, multi-site, and multi-disciplinary effort to decrease sepsis-associated mortality.
Using multimodal quality improvement (QI) methodologies, evidence-based care bundles, and data-driven performance evaluation, the collaborative decreased not only mortality rates but also hospital days and antibiotic use among children with sepsis.
8
years
66
hospitals convened
100K+
cases analyzed
570+
estimated lives saved
These were very powerful outcomes from the 66 hospitals engaged in this work.
CHARLES G. MACIAS, MD, MPH