Introduction of an emergency medicine pharmacist-led sepsis alert response system in the emergency department: A cohort study.

Objective: To determine effects of implementing a sepsis alert response system in the ED that included early intervention by emergency medicine (EM) pharmacists.

Methods: A prospective cohort (8 February 2016 to 28 February 2018) of patients after implementation of a sepsis alert response system in an Australian ED was compared to a retrospective cohort (3 January 2015 to 7 February 2016) of patients with sepsis who presented during EM pharmacist working hours and were admitted to the ICU.

Results: There were 184 patients, including 80 patients pre- and 104 patients post-implementation.