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Implementation of a whole of hospital sepsis clinical pathway in a cancer hospital: impact on sepsis management, outcomes and costs

Authors

  • Karin Thursky National Centre for Infections in Cancer, Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Senthil Lingaratnam Department of Pharmacy, Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jasveer Jayarajan Department of General Medicine, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Gabrielle M Haeusler National Centre for Infections in Cancer, Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Department of Infectious Diseases, Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Benjamin Teh National Centre for Infections in Cancer, Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Department of Infectious Diseases, Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Michelle Tew National Centre for Infections in Cancer, Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Center for Health Policy, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia University of Melbourne, Center for Health Policy, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Georgina Venn Department of Infectious Diseases, Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Alison Hiong Department of Infectious Diseases, Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Christine Brown Department of Infectious Diseases, Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Vivian Leung Department of Infectious Diseases, Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Leon J Worth National Centre for Infections in Cancer, Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Department of Infectious Diseases, Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Kim Dalziel Center for Health Policy, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia University of Melbourne, Center for Health Policy, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Monica A Slavin National Centre for Infections in Cancer, Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Professor Karin Thursky; karin.thursky{at}mh.org.au
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Thursky K, Lingaratnam S, Jayarajan J, et al
Implementation of a whole of hospital sepsis clinical pathway in a cancer hospital: impact on sepsis management, outcomes and costs
BMJ Open Quality 2018;7:e000355. doi: 10.1136/bmjoq-2018-000355

Publication history

  • Received February 9, 2018
  • Revised May 9, 2018
  • Accepted June 2, 2018
  • First published July 6, 2018.
Online issue publication 
October 02, 2018

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