Sepsis care bundles and clinicians

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Care bundles as part of sepsis management are fast developing a seductive allure for clinicians. In this journal a care bundle introduction into an intensive care unit is described as a way of controlling ventilator-associated pneumonia [1]. Although this was associated with clinically and statistically significant patient benefits, a key feature was that the care bundle was merely a part of an overall programme including surveillance, feedback reporting and staff education. The very high level of current interest in sepsis care bundles makes it appropriate to understand their key components, not just their successes but also their limitations. …