Save lives and reduce suffering by improving sepsis awareness and care.
Save lives and reduce suffering by improving sepsis awareness and care.
A world in which no one is harmed by sepsis.
Sepsis Alliance is committed to fostering equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in our work and in the sepsis care community.
We recognize that historical and societal systems and community resource disparities create stark healthcare gaps, including in sepsis care. Studies show staggering racial and ethnic disparities in sepsis outcomes, as well as awareness and care:
As part of the larger healthcare sector, we bear responsibility for working to address these disparities. Ensuring equitable sepsis care for BIPOC individuals (individuals who are Black, Indigenous, and people of color) and other members of racial and ethnic minority groups aligns with our mission to reduce harm caused by sepsis.
As such, we commit to fostering equity, diversity, and inclusion in our educational offerings (for the public and for healthcare providers), in our advocacy initiatives, and in our organizational structure. We commit to acting as an EDI leader in the healthcare sector and to using our organizational voice to bolster equity, diversity, and inclusion across the continuum of sepsis care.
Below find Sepsis Alliance’s EDI plan:
Learn more about disparities in sepsis care in the newly released Sepsis and Equity Fact Sheet.
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[ii] Mayr, F. B., Yende, S., Linde-Zwirble, W. T., Peck-Palmer, O. M., Barnato, A. E., Weissfeld,L. A. and Angus, D. C. (2010) Infection rate and acute organ dysfunction risk as explanations for racial differences in severe sepsis, JAMA,303(24), 2495-503.
[iii] Thavamani, A., Umapathi, K. K., Dhanpalreddy, H., Khatana, J., Chotikanatis, K., Allareddy, V. and Roy, A. (2020) Epidemiology, Clinical and Microbiologic Profile and Risk Factors for Inpatient Mortality in Pediatric Severe Sepsis in the United States From 2003 to 2014: A Large Population Analysis, Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal,39(9), 781-788.
[iv] Jones, J. M., Fingar, K. R., Miller, M. A., Coffey, R., Barrett, M., Flottemesch, T., Heslin, K. C., Gray, D. T. and Moy, E.(2017) Racial Disparities in Sepsis-Related In-Hospital Mortality: Using a Broad Case Capture Method and Multivariate Controls for Clinical and Hospital Variables, 2004-2013, Critical Care Medicine,45(12), e1209-e1217.
[v] Disparities. (2019, October) https://www.ihs.gov/newsroom/factsheets/disparities/
[vi] Raman, J., Johnson, T. J., Hayes, K. and Balamuth, F. (2019) Racial Differences in Sepsis Recognition in the Emergency Department, Pediatrics, 144(4), e20190348.
[vii] Sepsis Alliance Awareness Survey. (2020) https://www.sepsis.org/2020-sepsis-awareness-survey/