St.Johns SIRS and Sepsis Alert

RN responsibility:

 Check Activity column (Nurse M tab) for Patient Care tasks

 This is what your SIRS or Sepsis Alert will look like:

 It will be present under Encounters column if there is patient data

indicating SIRS or Sepsis. The blue “S” will display if the nurse completes the screening form and the patient has a positive SIRS or Sepsis screen.

 When you see the go into the activities column and double click on the green cross to see

Patient Care tasks . The task will tell you what criteria the patient has that created the task (see red underline in picture below).

 Check the box in front of the task and click document to open and complete the Sepsis Screen form. St.Johns SIRS and Sepsis Alert

 Some alerts may trigger from competing diagnoses (e.g., asthma, afib). You should still complete the sepsis screen and open a focus note from the form to indicate that alert not appropriate for patient.