“Improving prevention and management of sepsis involves providing basic health care
services such as recording vital signs and other necessary measures for all patients
in order to identify and respond to severely ill patients. All healthcare workers
and facilities should focus on recording vital signs and responding to severely ill
patients. Healthcare workers and facilities should be provided with the means to do
this. All patients have a right to be assessed effectively, which involves a full
set of vital signs;” Extract from the Kampala Declaration – Commitment to improve
care for sepsis and severely ill patients in Africa, published by the African Sepsis
Alliance.
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Publication history
Published online: December 15, 2017
Accepted:
December 14,
2017
Received:
December 8,
2017
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