Sepsis awareness and knowledge amongst nurses, physicians and paramedics of a tertiary care center in Switzerland: A survey-based cross-sectional study.

Autor: Regina J; Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Service, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland., Le Pogam MA; Centre for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland., Niemi T; Centre for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland., Akrour R; Service of Geriatrics and Geriatric Rehabilitation, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland., Pepe S; Medical Directorate, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland., Lehn I; Director of Nursing, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland., Wasserfallen JB; Medical Directorate, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland., Calandra T; Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Service, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.; Department of Medicine and Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Service of Immunology and Allergy, Center for Human Immunology Lausanne, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.; Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Necker-Enfants Malades University Hospital, University of Paris Cité, Paris, France., Meylan S; Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Service, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: PloS one [PLoS One] 2023 Jun 28; Vol. 18 (6), pp. e0285151. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jun 28 (Print Publication: 2023).
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0285151
Abstrakt: Background: Sepsis is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Prompt recognition and management are critical to improve outcomes.
Methods: We conducted a survey among nurses and physicians of all adult departments of the Lausanne University Hospital (LUH) and paramedics transporting patients to our hospital. Measured outcomes included professionals' demographics (age, profession, seniority, unit of activity), quantification of prior sepsis education, self-evaluation, and knowledge of sepsis epidemiology, definition, recognition, and management. Correlation between surveyed personnel and sepsis perceptions and knowledge were assessed with univariable and multivariable logistic regression models.
Results: Between January and October 2020, we contacted 1'216 of the 4'417 professionals (27.5%) of the LUH, of whom 1'116 (91.8%) completed the survey, including 619 of 2'463 (25.1%) nurses, 348 of 1'664 (20.9%) physicians and 149 of 290 (51.4%) paramedics. While 98.5% of the participants were familiar with the word "sepsis" (97.4% of nurses, 100% of physicians and 99.3% of paramedics), only 13% of them (physicians: 28.4%, nurses: 5.9%, paramedics: 6.8%) correctly identified the Sepsis-3 consensus definition. Similarly, only 48% and 49.3% of the physicians and 10.1% an 11.9% of the nurses knew that SOFA was a sepsis defining score and that the qSOFA score was a predictor of increased mortality, respectively. Furthermore, 15.8% of the physicians and 1.0% of the nurses knew the three components of the qSOFA score. For patients with suspected sepsis, 96.1%, 91.6% and 75.8% of physicians respectively chose blood cultures, broad-spectrum antibiotics and fluid resuscitation as therapeutic interventions to be initiated within 1 (76.4%) to 3 (18.2%) hours. For nurses and physicians, recent training correlated with knowledge of SOFA score (ORs [95%CI]: 3.956 [2.018-7.752] and 2.617 [1.527-4.485]) and qSOFA (ORs [95%CI]: 5.804 [2.653-9.742] and 2.291 [1.342-3.910]) scores purposes. Furthermore, recent training also correlated with adequate sepsis definition (ORs [95%CI]: 1.839 [1.026-3.295]) and the components of qSOFA (ORs [95%CI]: 2.388 [1.110-5.136]) in physicians.
Conclusions: This sepsis survey conducted among physicians, nurses and paramedics of a tertiary Swiss medical center identified a deficit of sepsis awareness and knowledge reflecting a lack of sepsis-specific continuing education requiring immediate corrective measures.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
(Copyright: © 2023 Regina et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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