Abstract
Sepsis is estimated to affect more than 30 million patients with potentially five million deaths every year worldwide. Prevention of sepsis, as well as early recognition, diagnosis and treatment, can’t be overlooked to mitigate this global public health threat. World Health Organization (WHO) promotes hand hygiene in health care through its annual global campaign, SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands campaign on 5 May every year. The 2018 campaign targets sepsis with the overall theme “It’s in your hands; prevent sepsis in health care”.
Highlights
Sepsis is estimated to affect more than 30 million patients with potentially five million deaths every year worldwide
Sepsis: the word was first traced to Homer poems in ancient Greece to describe the “decomposition” of Hector’s body during the siege of Troy
The Society of Critical Care Medicine and the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine convened a task force defining sepsis as a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection [2]
Summary
Sepsis is estimated to affect more than 30 million patients with potentially five million deaths every year worldwide. * Correspondence: Didier.Pittet@hcuge.ch 1Infection Control Programme and WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, 4 Rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland Full list of author information is available at the end of the article the prompt and optimal management of sepsis improves patients’ outcomes.
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