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Antibiotics Get to Septic Kids Quicker with Protocols

Having sepsis guidelines in place can speed time to antibiotic administration in children, researchers found. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's Dr. Scott Weiss, MD and CBMi's Dr. Robert Grundmeier, et.al, poster, "Surviving sepsis in the hospital: Location, location, location", presented at Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM 2013) conference in San Juan, PR is featured in MedPage Today article.
In a single-center study, the mean time from an antibiotic order to administration of the drug was shorter in the ED -- where a guideline was in place -- than among inpatients (25 minutes versus 61 minutes, P<0.001), Scott Weiss, MD, of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and colleagues reported during a poster session at the Society of Critical Care Medicine meeting.

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