Sepsis Australia

04/08/2026

https://www.beatsepsis.eu

28/07/2026

27/07/2026

September is just around the corner, and we're curious: What are you planning to do to raise sepsis awareness this year?

Whether you're sharing educational posts, telling your sepsis story, participating in the Sepsis Superhero Challenge, seeking a proclamation, wearing awareness gear, hosting a fundraiser, or simply starting conversations with friends and family, every action helps spread lifesaving awareness.

Share your plans in the comments. Your ideas could inspire someone else to get involved and help more people learn the signs and symptoms of sepsis.

Together, we can make this Sepsis Awareness Month our most impactful yet.

Find more ideas at SepsisAwarenessMonth.org.

25/07/2026

As we head into the weekend, it is a reminder that sepsis is a medical emergency. Minutes can be the difference between life and death. If something isn't right, ask - COULD IT BE SEPSIS?

15/07/2026

14/07/2026

05/07/2026

What can happen in 24 hours?

In 24 hours you could:
Fly from New Zealand to the UK
Smash through your favourite box set
Read an entire book
Celebrate a birthday

But here's another thing that can happen in 24 hours: what started as a simple infection at home can turn into a life-threatening case of sepsis.

That's why recognising when an infection is getting worse is so important.

With 80% of sepsis cases starting in the community, it is critical to seek medical attention immediately.

Know the signs; save a life. www.sepsis.org.nz

01/07/2026

How can we reduce sepsis mortality, overcome barriers, and encourage sepsis protocol initiation in emergency settings?

Most patients experiencing septic shock present to healthcare through emergency departments (EDs). However, preventable deaths still occur in the ED.

Sepsis Canada's Project 7 surveyed over 500 emergency staff and conducted 15 interviews to understand why these preventable deaths still occur. Distilling the information from the surveys and interviews, the following barriers to successful protocol implementation were identified:

1. Access block where patients were unable to gain access to hospital beds due to limited capacity.

2. Recognizing sepsis and its severity is limited in the general public, which leads to delayed emergency treatment.

3. Resource constraints, including physical and human resource issues, laboratory result delays, medical record systems, patient flow, and specific issues related to rural practices

4. Leveraging scopes of practice, such as enabling paramedics and nurses to initiate sepsis-specific care, was severely lacking

5. Recognition of sepsis by healthcare providers, noting the lack of accurate point-of-care screening tools and delayed laboratory results.

6. Communication and interpersonal conflict among emergency healthcare professionals, which includes a lack of trust between hospital staff and ambulance paramedics

This study concludes that overcoming these barriers will require public awareness campaigns, leveraging technology to improve recognition and resource limitations, efforts to overcome access barriers, enabling practitioners to perform at the top of their scope, and establishing care pathways and expert teams to care for patients with sepsis.

Click here to read the full publication:

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43678-026-01119-0