Once each severely septic patient’s chart has a Sepsis Individual Chart Measurement Tool completed, that data must be integrated with other patients’ data to report the institution’s monthly results. The Sepsis Monthly Measurement Worksheet enables the reviewer to put this data in the appropriate format for reporting. The worksheet performs simple calculations at each step to capture accurate totals for the numerators and denominators of the Severe Sepsis Quality Indicators, making exceptions for non-applicable items and adjustments for various conditions. 

An improvement effort without a standard method to report results is highly likely to fail. It is essential to standardize the data collection process for your improvement effort. The use of the Sepsis Monthly Measurement Worksheet will allow you to integrate the patient data and calculate numerators and denominators for your measures accurately and like other hospitals involved in the effort.

Gather all Sepsis Individual Chart Measurement Tools for a single month and complete the Monthly Measurement Worksheet.