Spread the Word About Sepsis Year-Round

Spread the word about sepsis with FREE educational materials

Help Save Lives by Sharing Free Sepsis Educational Materials

This September marked Sepsis Awareness Month, as well as the four-year anniversary of award-winning Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Get Ahead of Sepsis (GAOS) educational effort. GAOS seeks to raise awareness among consumers and healthcare professionals about the importance of preventing infections and promoting early recognition and timely treatment of sepsis. Throughout the month, CDC has been sharing life-saving sepsis information and resources. In case you missed it, CDC: Updated materials with vital sepsis information for patients, their loved ones, and healthcare professionals, including patient fact sheets in English and Spanish and a healthcare professional infographic. Provided updated website content in English and Spanish. Published a Safe Healthcare blog post highlighting perspectives on sepsis and lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic authored by CDC sepsis experts, Dr. Runa Gokhale and Dr. Raymund Dantes. Shared sepsis information on Facebook, Twitter, Twitter (Spanish), LinkedIn, and Instagram. National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) Director, Dr. Rima Khabbaz; CDC’s Antibiotic Resistance Twitter; and CDC’s Project Firstline Facebook and Project Firstline Twitter also shared messages about sepsis awareness. Partnered with Sepsis Alliance, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), and Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority Division of Research, Innovation, and Ventures (BARDA DRIVe) to produce and provide expert commentary for Disaster Medicine: Sepsis. This online, educational training module provides healthcare professionals with guidance on how to save lives in a disaster. Stay tuned for the free CE training release soon! While Sepsis Awareness Month is ending, CDC continues to share information about this life-threatening medical emergency. We need your help to continue spreading the word year-round to your loved ones and patients to raise awareness about how to prevent infections, be alert to the signs and symptoms of sepsis, and act fast if sepsis is suspected. You can do that by ordering and sharing copies of CDC’s FREE updated patient fact sheet in English and Spanish and healthcare professional infographic, which are now available for order through CDC-INFO On Demand. Select “Sepsis” from the Programs drop-down menu, then click the "Search" button. You can also download and share our free digital materials. To learn more about sepsis and how to prevent infections, visit www.cdc.gov/sepsis.

	CDC needs your help sharing #sepsis information with your loved ones and patients year-round. Order or download FREE and NEWLY UPDATED educational materials to protect them from this life-threatening medical emergency. You may save a life. #SAM2021 http://bit.ly/2zmkQm9

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