On-line symposium post-test:
The Economics of Sepsis
1. The average length of stay and cost per severe sepsis case is:
A. 5 days and $6,500
B. 8.5 days and $12,000
C. 12.8 days and $19,300
D. 19.6 days and $22,100
2. The goal of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign is to:
A. Increase awareness and improve outcomes in severe sepsis, leading to a 25% reduction in mortality in 5 years
B. Develop a sepsis treatment protocol that will result in a 40% reduction in mortality in 7 years
C. Focus on nursing education initiatives by incorporating a sepsis treatment curriculum in all accredited nursing programs
D. Engage the federal government to provide $2 billion in funding for future research in a cure for severe septicemia
3. The Joint Commission presented its annual Ernest Amory Codman Award:
A. In recognition of the development of a sepsis treatment protocol that was endorsed by 18 international organizations
B. In recognition of hospitals that utilized EGDT to significantly improve quality of care and patient outcomes in 2007 and 2008
C. In recognition of CMS incorporating severe septicemia as a condition that hospitals will no longer be reimbursed for if acquired during the patient's hospital stay
D. In recognition of Dr. Manny Rivers' work with developing the EGDT protocol