Join the ESA panel at the EHFG 2022 "Sepsis: the unrecognised health emergency" – September 28, 09:00 CEST

On September 28, at 9 am CEST the European Health Forum Gastein will host the session organized by ESA, in partnership with Becton Dickinson. This is the first time that sepsis is on the program of this well-known forum, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year.

Despite being the most common cause of death from infections – including COVID-19 – sepsis is not yet sufficiently known amongst lay people and health professionals. One in five deaths worldwide is associated with sepsis.

Low awareness rates make it difficult for patients and clinicians to detect sepsis symptoms in time and respond adequately. However, sepsis can be treated relatively easily. Early recognition and cost-effective tools can save lives and minimize the socio-economic burden on health systems. Yet, still today, too many sepsis patients die or suffer long-term consequences of wrong diagnoses and therapies.

In this session, we will learn about sepsis from the patient perspective, share new data on the quality of sepsis care, and discuss its importance in infection management and AMR strategies. We will present sepsis as an indicator of the quality of care, explore best practices in sepsis management, and discuss how harmonized approaches at the EU level could save lives across Europe.

Speakers

Moderation

Simone Mancini