New York medical experts are working to further legislation that would improve sepsis monitoring and prevention, following the recent sepsis-related death of an 11-year-old boy from Cohoes, N.Y., according to ABC's News10.
Al Cardillo, president and CEO of the Home Care Association of New York State, is pushing a bill that would create the first sepsis support measure for home care in efforts to get it signed by Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
The bill has already passed through both state houses, Mr. Cardillo says. He added that the bill, if signed, would save lives and hospitals money through early detection.
Thought of as a hospital problem, 80 percent to 90 percent of sepsis cases actually start in the community. "Sepsis is always associated with an infection, but there might be an infection that exists that the person might not be aware of," Mr. Cardillo told News10, using a sore throat as an example.
Sepsis can lead to tissue damage, organ failure and death, killing someone in the U.S. every two minutes, the Sepsis Alliance reports.
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Al Cardillo, president and CEO of the Home Care Association of New York State, is pushing a bill that would create the first sepsis support measure for home care in efforts to get it signed by Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
The bill has already passed through both state houses, Mr. Cardillo says. He added that the bill, if signed, would save lives and hospitals money through early detection.
Thought of as a hospital problem, 80 percent to 90 percent of sepsis cases actually start in the community. "Sepsis is always associated with an infection, but there might be an infection that exists that the person might not be aware of," Mr. Cardillo told News10, using a sore throat as an example.
Sepsis can lead to tissue damage, organ failure and death, killing someone in the U.S. every two minutes, the Sepsis Alliance reports.