Study finds lower ER triage scores associated with delayed antibiotics delivery for sepsis patients

(Intermountain Medical Center) in a new study, researchers at Intermountain Healthcare in Salt Lake City found that antibiotic delivery was significantly faster -- by up to 32 minutes -- for sepsis patients being treated in an emergency department if they were assigned a slightly higher score on a subjective one-to-five acuity scale commonly used for patient triage.

from EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science http://bit.ly/2wffFCi