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Wide variation in sepsis treatment, research finds
Research conducted by Dr Tamas Szakmany, lead clinical for the South Wales Critical Care Network, has identified variation in the way sepsis is treated across hospitals in Wales.
The study showed a snapshot of 290 hospital patients exhibiting signs of sepsis and found only 12 per cent were initially screened and treated in line with best practice.
Official figures show 7,5000 people were admitted to hospitals with sepsis last year. the condition can be treated effectively with antibiotics, if caught early.
Szakmany commented: “We have seen in our study this year there was big variation in how the clinical teams were responding to sepsis.
"There are important pockets of very good practice and we have seen there are hospitals, there are health boards, where the response is less good."
Responding to the research, Welsh Health Secretary Vaughan Getting said: "We have got a health improvement programme.
"We are the first country within the UK to have this early warning score system... but it has always been about how consistently that has been adhered to.
"If we level out that variation, we will end up saving more lives. So I wouldn't pretend to you or anyone else that we are perfect where we are."
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