The 2022 WSC Spotlight has concluded – thank you all for joining. All sessions were recorded and will be available to watch on-demand on our YouTube Channel and on Apple Podcasts, starting with the Opening Session on May 3. From then on, we will release a new session every Tuesday.

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Full Release Schedule

• May 3, 2022 – S1: Could Enhanced Pathogen Diagnostics Change Sepsis Management?

• May 10, 2022 – S2: Biomarkers in the Diagnosis and Management of Sepsis and COVID-19

• May 17, 2022 – S3: Panel: Knowledge from COVID-19 to Improve Sepsis Care and Vice Versa

• May 24, 2022 – S4: How to Make the Most of Existing and Frugal Technologies

• May 31, 2022 – S5: Antibiotics and Antivirals – How to Improve Efficacy and Minimize Harm

• June 7, 2022 – S6: Update on Adjunctive Sepsis and COVID-19 Therapies

• June 14, 2022 – S7: Pro-Con: Are Personalized Interventions in Sepsis Even Possible?

• June 21, 2022 – S8: Innovations in Quality Improvement Strategies in All Settings

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The 2022 WSC Spotlight has started! Joining is free and incredibly easy – just register here and join the live stream here. It’s not too late to sign up, and we’ll keep registrations open for the entirety of the congress.

Over the course of 8 distinctive and highly relevant sessions, 39 speakers from all regions of the world will share the newest therapeutic and diagnostic approaches for COVID-19 and sepsis, covering all novel aspects of our understanding of bacterial and viral sepsis, from new methods of diagnosis and risk assessment to novel treatment modalities, and beyond.

Like our previous World Sepsis Congresses in 2016, 2018, and 2021 and WSC Spotlights in 2017 and 2020, this free online congress brings together highly ranked representatives of international and national healthcare authorities, non-governmental organizations, policymakers, patients, patient advocacy groups, clinical scientists, researchers, and pioneers in healthcare improvement.

The 2022 WSC Spotlight starts at 09:00h Berlin Time on Wednesday, April 27, 2022 – click here to see the time in your time zone. Joining is free and incredibly easy – just register here and join the live stream here. If you haven’t yet, it’s not too late to sign up.

Over the course of 8 distinctive and highly relevant sessions, 39 speakers from all regions of the world will share the newest therapeutic and diagnostic approaches for COVID-19 and sepsis, covering all novel aspects of our understanding of bacterial and viral sepsis, from new methods of diagnosis and risk assessment to novel treatment modalities, and beyond.

Like our previous World Sepsis Congresses in 2016, 2018, and 2021 and WSC Spotlights in 2017 and 2020, this free online congress brings together highly ranked representatives of international and national healthcare authorities, non-governmental organizations, policymakers, patients, patient advocacy groups, clinical scientists, researchers, and pioneers in healthcare improvement.

The 2022 World Sepsis Congress Spotlight is just one week away, happening live, fully virtually, and free of charge on Wednesday, April 27, 2022 – have you signed up yet?

Over the course of 8 distinctive and highly relevant sessions, 39 speakers from all regions of the world will share the newest therapeutic and diagnostic approaches for COVID-19 and sepsis, covering all novel aspects of our understanding of bacterial and viral sepsis, from new methods of diagnosis and risk assessment to novel treatment modalities, and beyond.

Like our previous World Sepsis Congresses in 2016, 2018, and 2021 and WSC Spotlights in 2017 and 2020, this free online congress brings together highly ranked representatives of international and national healthcare authorities, non-governmental organizations, policymakers, patients, patient advocacy groups, clinical scientists, researchers, and pioneers in healthcare improvement.

The Washington State Hospital Association is looking forward to hosting the 10th annual Pacific Northwest Sepsis Conference on June 6-7, 2022 with both an in-person and virtual attendance option. Registration is now open here.

Speakers include local, national, and international sepsis experts. We will explore sepsis in different populations and in different healthcare settings. We will examine the updated international guidelines of care and the science behind these evidence-based recommendations. Additional sessions include why equity matters in sepsis care, the global burden of sepsis, phenotypes in sepsis, post-sepsis syndrome, case studies in sepsis, and resiliency for healthcare providers. Breakout sessions will use expert panels to offer an in-depth look at data, quality, and performance improvement in sepsis, cutting-edge clinical topics in sepsis care, pediatric sepsis as well as exploring novel therapies in sepsis.  Our audience will learn to be more effective team members and sepsis champions in their hospitals.

The Washington State Hospital Association and Pacific Northwest Sepsis Conference Planning Committee are committed to hosting a diverse and inclusive group of learners. They are offering a generous number of virtual attendance scholarships for international attendees from specific countries (list here) as well as traditional scholarships for learners practicing in other countries. Applications for the scholarship are available here. The application deadline is April 22, 2022, and applicants will be notified and given a code to register by April 28, 2022.  There is also an early-bird discount available until the end of April.

The website for full information on the conference is www.sepsisinseattle.com.

Executives and leaders in healthcare face countless daily challenges, from bolstering clinical insight and driving innovation to pursuing equity and improving the bottom line. Leaders in sepsis care face additional challenges specific to this complex, costly, and difficult-to-diagnose condition: sepsis is still the number one cost and cause of death in U.S. hospitals. There is a tremendous opportunity for improvement in sepsis awareness, innovation, and care —and it starts at the top.

The Sepsis Alliance Leadership Conference: Empowering Improvements in Care, presented T2 Biosystems and bioMérieux, is a free, virtual activity that will place a spotlight on the role healthcare executives and leadership can play in improving awareness, recognition, diagnosis, and treatment of sepsis. It will also offer attendees the opportunity to engage with sepsis leaders and subject matter experts from across the country, and to claim FREE nursing CE Credit.

Expert speakers include James Guliano (Vice President, Operations and Chief Clinical Officer, Ohio Hospital Association); Armando Nahum (Co-Founder & President, Safe Care Campaign); and David Mayer (Executive Director, MedStar Institute for Quality and Safety), among others.

A huge shout-out to our friends and colleagues in Croatia – we are excited to announce that our World Sepsis Day Infographics, the Sepsis Fact Sheet, the Pocket Cards for medical professionals, and the WSD Quiz are now available in Croatian. A huge thanks goes to Jelena Slijepčević and her team at the Croatian Society of Nurses in Anesthesiology, Reanimatology, Intensive Care and Transfusion for their help in the translation.

As always, the new materials are free and quick to download in our World Sepsis Day Toolkit Section – please download them and use them wherever you feel like it, on your social media channels, printed at events, and everywhere in between.

We put a lot of thought and time into these new materials – please contact us to give feedback so we can continue to improve them. Lastly, please consider donating to support the ongoing development of our free sepsis awareness resources – it could help save a loved one. Thank you so much.

The COVID-19 pandemic has put a spotlight on the devastating global health and societal implications an infection can have when there are no preventative interventions or treatment options available. Many countries and most health systems worldwide still do not take a holistic approach to integrate policies and tools on infection management with antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and sepsis, despite them being interconnected.

The GSA warmly welcomes the publication of this White Paper from the Infection Management Coalition (IMC), that intends to support the development of a roadmap, encourages further collaboration, and paves the way for a transformational approach to infection management across all facets of the NHS and broader society, by adopting a whole system approach. This coalition aims to nurture a patient-centered, holistic approach, allowing intelligence to be acquired, ensuring diagnostics are integrated seamlessly into clinical systems, driving the responsible use of antimicrobials, and better support survivors.

Through this holistic approach, the coalition envisages a future where outcomes are vastly improved and the rise of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is slowed.

About the IMC

The IMC was convened in January 2021 to drive change in support of holistic management and pandemic preparedness in response to the devastating impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on societies and economies globally. It comprises opinion leaders, policymakers, healthcare professionals and their societies, the wider scientific community, and industry. Its joint working ethos pools expertise to provide the know-how and information needed to support a more cohesive approach to infection management.