FOI Request
- Disclosure ID
- FOI 03574
- Request Date
- February 3, 2020
- Subject
- Sepsis
- Description
1. What percentage of patients with suspected sepsis were treated with antibiotics within one hour in a) 2019 and b) 2018? 2. Please provide the above figure as a raw number – what was the total number of patients with suspected sepsis who were treated with antibiotics within one hour in a) 2019 and b) 2018? 3. What was the total number of patients with suspected sepsis who waited longer than an hour for antibiotics in a) 2019 and b) 2018? 4. If possible, please state the longest delay for a patient with suspected sepsis before receiving antibiotics in a) 2019 and b) 2018?
- Response
1a. 2018 – 64.39% (of patients audited) 1b. 2019 – 81.5% (of patients audited)
2. Information not held as not all patients are audited 3 a) 2019 = 18% (of patients audited) 3 b) 2018 = 36% (of patients audited)
4. Information not held