Clinical Need
Rapid diagnosis and treatment of sepsis is critical. Yet, there is no accurate screening technology or protocol for early detection of Sepsis.
With every hour of delay, sepsis patients’ mortality increases by 8%. As many as 80% of sepsis deaths could be avoided with rapid diagnosis and treatment.
- #1 cause of hospital cost in the U.S. at more than $24 billion each year.*
- #1 hospital-acquired condition in the U.S.
- more than 1.6 million diagnosed people in the U.S. each year , with incidence rising 8% every year.***
- over 26 million people worldwide each year and is the largest killer of children – more than 5 million each year.**
- Improved screening would save a typical 300-bed hospital ~1.2 million each year in unreimbursed expenses alone
* http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb204-Most-Expensive-Hospital-Conditions.pdf
** http://www.g-i-n.net/conference/10th-conference/monday/2-45-pm-to-5-45-pm/lang-63.pdf
*** https://www.med.unc.edu/pediatrics/news/2015/june/june-10/code-sepsis
http://www.clevelandclinicmeded.com/medicalpubs/diseasemanagement/infectious-disease/sepsis/
1 in 3
One in three patients that die in a hospital have sepsis.
More than 1.5 million people get sepsis each year in the U.S.
About 250,000 American die from sepsis each year.
