Hospital-Acquired Sepsis: The Hidden Challenge in Patient Safety (CE Session)
Includes a Live Web Event on 09/25/2025 at 9:45 AM (PDT)
Description:
This session is part of Sepsis Alliance Summit 2025.
Hospital-acquired sepsis remains an under-recognized yet critical threat to patient safety, often eluding early detection and timely intervention. This session will explore the unique challenges in identifying and managing sepsis that develops during hospitalization. Participants will examine the key barriers that hinder early recognition and delay the implementation of evidence-based sepsis bundles. The session will also address the limitations of current detection tools and discuss how standard sepsis bundles can be adapted for greater relevance and effectiveness in hospital-acquired cases. Finally, attendees will learn system-based strategies to drive process improvements and enhance the reliability of sepsis care delivery across clinical settings.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this session, the learner should be able to:
- Identify key barriers to early recognition of hospital-acquired sepsis and implementation of sepsis bundles;
- Analyze the limitations of current detection tools and illustrate the applicability of sepsis bundles to hospital-acquired sepsis;
- Describe strategies enhance system-based drivers and processes that improve the delivery of sepsis care.
Target Audience:
Nurses, advanced practice providers, physicians, emergency responders, pharmacists, medical technologists, respiratory therapists, physical/occupational therapists, infection prevention specialists, data/quality specialists, and more.
Namita Jayaprakash, MB BcH BAO, MRCEM
Associate Medical Director - Quality and Safety, Emergency Medicine Physician Lead - Henry Ford Health Sepsis Program
Henry Ford Health
Namita Jayaprakash, MB BCh BAO, MRCEM, is a board-certified Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Medicine Physician based in Detroit, MI. She is passionate about enhancing sepsis care and early interventions in critical illness.
A visionary physician leader, she brings her mission to life through hands-on care in emergency medicine and the medical ICU, where innovation meets compassion at the bedside. She specializes in implementation science, focusing on introducing interventions to improve care quality and evaluating best practices.
After graduating from University College Dublin in the Republic of Ireland, Dr. Jayaprakash completed a basic specialist training scheme in the Republic of Ireland and gained a competitive and esteemed Membership (by examination) to the Royal College of Emergency Medicine for the UK and Ireland. Following this, she completed an emergency medicine residency at Henry Ford Hospital and then a critical care fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.
Dr. Jayaprakash is now the Associate Medical Director for Quality for the Department of Emergency Medicine at Henry Ford Hospital and the Henry Ford Health System Physician Lead for the Sepsis Program. Additionally, she is a Clinical Assistant Professor in Emergency Medicine at Michigan State University and Wayne State University.
Namita Jayaprakash had no relevant financial relationships to disclose.