Resources and Guidelines

For children under 12 years of age, please see link below and NICE guidelines (NG51).

https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng51/chapter/Recommendations#face-to-face-assessment-of-people-with-suspected-sepsis

If a person has suspected sepsis, consider arranging emergency transfer to hospital or ongoing management in primary care, depending on the risk of clinical deterioration from sepsis following assessment and on clinical judgement (NICE, 2017).

Resources:

https://sepsistrust.org/professional-resources/clinical/

https://cks.nice.org.uk/sepsis

https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng51

For access to sepsis 6, please see the link below:

https://sepsistrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ED-adult-NICE-Final-1107.pdf