Sepsis clinical care standard indicators: 1a-Proportion of patients with suspected sepsis who had blood lactate levels taken as a part of screening for sepsis
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Metadata item type: | Indicator |
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Indicator type: | Indicator |
Short name: | 1a-Proportion of patients with suspected sepsis who had blood lactate levels taken as a part of screening for sepsis |
METEOR identifier: | 755592 |
Registration status: | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 30/06/2022 |
Description: | Proportion of patients with suspected sepsis who had blood lactate levels taken as a part of screening for sepsis. |
Rationale: | Blood lactate levels should be used routinely in decision-making for an acutely deteriorating patient or for suspected sepsis, where this will not delay urgent care. An increased lactate level may indicate a protective or a maladaptive response to shock and can play an important role in screening. Although assessing the lactate level is not sufficient for diagnosis, it is a relatively simple investigation that can help recognise sepsis, while a failure to recognise sepsis can lead to patient harm and potentially death. |
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