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21ProtocolWatch
ProtocolWatch (PW) is a clinical decision support tool. It allows you to run a clinical protocol which
can monitor developments in the patient’s condition, taking into account:
• measured values from the monitor
• values manually entered by you (for example manual temperature measurements, lab values)
• your assessment of patient status
ProtocolWatch notifies you when certain conditions or combinations of conditions occur and it
documents developments in a log which can be printed.
Severe Sepsis Screening
Severe Sepsis Screening is a protocol implemented for the ProtocolWatch application. It is a
computerized implementation of the January 2008 Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines for
Management of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock
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Sepsis Definitions. Philips does not make any claims
about their effectiveness to reduce the morbidity or mortality associated with severe sepsis.
Severe Sepsis Screening assists you in recognizing the early signs and symptoms of sepsis by comparing
the state of your patient to the defined criteria. Use of the protocol requires thorough knowledge of the
Sepsis Definitions in the SSC Guidelines for Management of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock. Severe Sepsis
Screening is not a diagnostic or therapeutic tool and is not intended to replace the competent
judgement of a clinician.
In Severe Sepsis Screening the measurement values and patient status are compared to the Severe Sepsis
Screening criteria. When these criteria have been met, the clinician confirms the presence of infection
and sepsis-related organ dysfunction and can authorize entering the Sepsis Resuscitation Bundle.
On the MP5 monitor only Severe Sepsis Screening is implemented. If at the end of this phase sepsis has
been confirmed, the patient will normally be transferred to an intensive care unit for treatment in the
sepsis resuscitation and management phases. In this case you can connect the MP5 to another
IntelliVue monitor with the full version of the SSC Sepsis Protocol and transfer the current state, the
settings and the log.
CAUTION It is not possible to transfer SSC Sepsis Protocol data from an MP5 monitor with release F.0 software
to another monitor with release G.0 software and vice versa.
2.Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines for Management of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock - 2008
January
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