World Sepsis Day on September 13 is just around the corner - with this post, we want to give you some ideas to show your support on social media, be it Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, LinkedIn, or something else entirely. Supporting #WorldSepsisDay on social media helps save lives!

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Posts for Social Media

For social media, you can use the following posts, either with or without a WSD Infographic or a Sepsis Awareness Clip (most work better with). All posts are 280 characters or less, meaning they effortlessly work on Twitter (but also everywhere else, of course):

• 1 in 5 deaths globally is associated with #sepsis. Do you know the symptoms, sources, and risk groups of sepsis? This #WorldSepsisDay, share this video with a loved one - it could save their lives! https://youtu.be/NsPDjOX8QHA

• September 13 is #WorldSepsisDay! Sepsis is the final common pathway to death from most infectious diseases worldwide, including #COVID19. These are the most common #sources of #sepsis.

• Sepsis is not only a medical #emergency but also a global health crisis, affecting between 47 and 50 million people a year - September 13th is #WorldSepsisDay. Join us in raising awareness for #sepsis - awareness saves lives! #stopsepsis #savelives

• September 13 is #WorldSepsisDay - I am/We are participating to raise #awareness for #sepsis and #WorldSepsisDay - what are you doing? Start at worldsepsisday.org and help #stopsepsis and #savelives

• September 13 is #WorldSepsisDay! While everybody can get sepsis, certain people are at an even higher risk. Join us in raising #awareness for #sepsis - awareness saves lives! #stopsepsis #savelives

• September 13th is #WorldSepsisDay! #Sepsis is a medical emergency and must be treated immediately - if you see 2 or more #symptoms act immediately. #stopsepsis #savelives

• September 13th is #WorldSepsisDay! #Sepsis is the most preventable cause of death worldwide. It can be prevented by #vaccination, #sanitation, and #awareness. Everything depends on #you! Join us and #stopsepsis #savelives

• September 13th is #WorldSepsisDay! #Sepsis does not end at hospital discharge - many #sepsissurvivors face lifelong consequences. Join us to raise awareness! #stopsepsis #savelives

• September 13th is #WorldSepsisDay! Join our global movement now - it is as easy as downloading our free #infographics or #sepsis #awareness clips from worldsepsisday.org/toolkits and posting them from your account. Raising awareness starts with #you. #stopsepsis #savelives

• I am participating in the #WorldSepsisDay #Photochallenge to raise awareness for #sepsis, a disease affecting 47 to 50 million people annually, but often neglected by #policymakers, the general public, and even #healthcare #professionals - join the global movement now!

• September 13th is #WorldSepsisDay - I am participating in the #photochallenge to raise #awareness for #sepsis and #WorldSepsisDay - what are you doing? Start at worldsepsisday.org and help #stopsepsis #savelives

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Official hashtags

The official hashtags for World Sepsis Day are:

• #WorldSepsisDay

• #10YearsWSD

• #Sepsis

• #StopSepsis

• #SaveLives

We discourage using #WorldSepsisDay2022 or #WSD22 – if we want to “trend”, it is important we all use the same hashtags.

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Sepsis Awareness Clips / WSD Infographics

Our Sepsis Awareness Clips and our WSD Infographics are a great and easy way to spice up your posts - both are of course free downloads in our WSD Toolkit Section. Our infographics are available in English, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, French, Italian, Arabic, Turkish, Finnish, German, and Croatian.

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WSD World Map

Let us (and everybody else) know what you are planning for WSD – upload your event on our new World Map now!

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WSD Photo Booth

The new WSD Photo Booth is a ton of fun and a very quick and easy way to show your support for World Sepsis Day – just click here, snap a selfie, and customize it to your liking by adding a frame, background, logo, or whatever you enjoy.

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WSD Photo Boards

Our WSD Photo Boards are a simple and straightforward way to show your support on social media and beyond – just download the photo boards from our toolkit section, print the one you like the best (there are 7 options to choose from), write your name on it, take a picture, and upload it to Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook, using the hashtag #WorldSepsisDay or tag us in the post (@WorldSepsisDay).

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Our Social Media Channels

We are ‘World Sepsis Day’ on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook - make sure to follow us if you aren’t yet.

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Thanks for supporting World Sepsis Day - we couldn’t do it without you!

Don’t miss the upcoming Abionic Webinar “Guiding Clinical Care Using Pancreatic Stone Protein: The Role of Point-of-Care Testing in the Early Identification and Management of Sepsis” on September 22 at 5:00 PM CET.

The webinar will be chaired by the internationally renowned key opinion leader in critical care medicine, Prof. Jean-Louis Vincent from the Erasme University Hospital, in Brussels, Belgium.

For the third year in a row, Abionic will be hosting 3 expert physicians during this 1-hour free online event where they will share their experiences in guiding sepsis diagnosis and management with the aid of the rapid PSP test on the abioSCOPE.

The speakers who are honoring us with their presence are:

• Dr. Holger Klein, Chief Physician Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, Kantonsspital Aarau AG, Switzerland

• Dr. Gabriele Melegari, PhD, Medical Doctor in Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Ospedale di Baggiovara, Modena, Italy

• Dr. Maria Lagadinou, Ast. Prof. of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine-Infectious Diseases, Nurse & Internal Medicine Department, University Hospital of Patras, Greece

The session will end with a Q&A where participants can interact live with the speakers.

At the end of June, the more than 110 members of the Global Sepsis Alliance came together in a Member General Meeting (MGM). In addition to reporting on achievements, and current projects, and discussing the future strategy of the GSA, it was again time to elect a new GSA Board and GSA Executive Committee.

The GSA Board is the highest ranking decision-making body of the Global Sepsis Alliance. It is elected democratically by the member organizations of the GSA every three years and consists of up to 23 members from all parts of the world.

The GSA Executive Committee, which is more involved in day-to-day operations, is comprised of between 10 and 13 people, all of them members of the GSA Board.

In addition to voting for the new GSA Board, the GSA Members also confirmed Niranjan ‘Tex’ Kissoon as President for another term.

Congratulations to everyone elected, we look forward to continuing to change how sepsis is prioritized, diagnosed, and treated all around the world with you.

We are thrilled to announce that the virtual photo booth and interactive world map for #WorldSepsisDay are now ready for your submissions.

The world map allows you to upload what you are planning for #WorldSepsisDay, be it a symposium, sports event, sepsis quiz, online campaign, sepsis awareness stall, illuminate a building, or something entirely else. If you haven’t made plans for this year’s World Sepsis Day yet, it’s not too late to get involved. Ideas, inspiration, and free materials in multiple languages are available here.

The virtual photo booth is a ton of fun and a very easy way to show your support for World Sepsis Day – just click here, snap a selfie, and customize it to your liking by adding a frame, background, logo, or whatever you enjoy.

Have fun, and thanks for helping us raise awareness for sepsis worldwide!

The ESA Annual Meeting is returning on 20 September 2022 in a hybrid format, in person in Brussels and online. It will provide a unique opportunity to hear from policymakers, experts, and patients about progress in sepsis management and integration in health systems, and open challenges requiring a united response. We are excited to confirm that Stella Kyriakides, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, will provide opening remarks. The physical event will be kindly hosted by the Permanent Representation of Germany to the EU, while the online live stream will be available on our website. Registrations are now open.

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SEPSIS MANAGEMENT, AN INDICATOR OF QUALITY OF CARE IN EUROPE

In January 2020, anticipating the outburst of the Sars-Cov-2 pandemic, the most updated data on sepsis were revealed, confirming what experts already suspected: sepsis is the most common cause of death worldwide, one every five, claiming 11 million lives globally every year. The pandemic has also demonstrated that sepsis is the main cause of death amongst COVID-19 patients, affecting almost 80% of those hospitalized in ICU. Furthermore, the similarities between the long-COVID and post-sepsis syndromes are stunning.

Antimicrobial resistance – often called “the silent pandemic” – hampers infection management and facilitates the occurrence of sepsis. Recent data from Sweden confirm the correlation.

Pandemic preparedness, infection management, or AMR strategies cannot prescind from efficient sepsis management. In fact, these are all aspects that comprehensive infection management strategies must include.

What if sepsis quality of care became a key indicator for the performance assessment of health systems? Reduced harm from sepsis means that health systems can prevent, identify and manage infections, and use antimicrobials effectively. However, how can we manage sepsis if we do not collect data systematically in Europe? What can we learn from those countries that have started implementing strategic measures in integrating sepsis in their national health systems?

These are some of the questions that we will try to answer at the 5th ESA annual meeting, with high-level speakers from institutions, experts, and patients.

On September 16, 2022, the Global Sepsis Alliance and the Sepsis Stiftung will join forces to host a unique event celebrating a decade of World Sepsis Day – both in person in Berlin, as well as live streamed on the event website.

Following a scientific symposium with renowned speakers from all over the world and an international best-practices panel, we will celebrate the achievements of the past 10 years, present the Global Sepsis Awards, and conclude this unique World Sepsis Day event with a fundraising dinner, featuring international artists who share our commitment to the vision of “A World Free of Sepsis”.

We are excited to welcome you to Berlin in person in September or see you on the free live stream for the symposium and the best-practices panel.

Global healthcare community Coda is excited to share that they are bringing their highly-anticipated four-day event, #Coda22, to Melbourne this September 11-14.

Standing out amongst an array of immersive sessions is the Sepsis: Leave Nothing and No One Behind workshop. Across four thought-provoking hours, a panel of experts will dive into how and why critically-ill patients with sepsis require so much more than just good medical care.

Sepsis specialists from a diverse range of medical backgrounds (medicine, nursing, physiotherapy, speech pathology, and more) will be placed in the spotlight for this transdisciplinary workshop. They will pay homage to those involved with all aspects of sepsis patient care, whilst also exposing evidence and equity gaps within the field.

The following day – September 13 – will see #Coda22 present a dedicated Sepsis Cure session for World Sepsis Day. Five world experts will tackle a broad spectrum of topics and challenges affecting the global sepsis community including:

• The WHA Sepsis Resolution

• Quality Improvement in an LMIC

• Sepsis and Antimicrobial Stewardship

• The Australian Sepsis Program

Sepsis: Leave Nothing and No One Behind and the dedicated Sepsis Cure session are just two of many engaging sessions on show across four action-packed days at #Coda22.

Thank you so much for participating in the 2022 World Sepsis Congress Spotlight – it was a huge success, thanks to you.

We had over 10,000 registrations from 176 countries, which is very encouraging. 65% of our audience joined from low- and middle-income countries – showing how much interest there is all over the world. This truly highlights our mission with World Sepsis Congress – to bring knowledge about sepsis to all parts of the world.

We are also very excited about your feedback - it was off the charts! You can click through the full report above or download it as a PDF below. Feel free to share this report with family members, friends, or colleagues.

All 8 sessions are already available on YouTube, as a Podcast on Apple Podcasts, and on the congress website. Thanks for your interest over the last weeks – the 4th World Sepsis Congress will return on April 26 and 27, 2023.