The Queensland Paediatric Sepsis Program has co-designed the evidence-based Paediatric Sepsis Pathway for screening, early recognition and management of sepsis in children.
The Paediatric Sepsis Pathway available below, includes a sepsis recognition and screening tool, treatment bundle and management plan, antibiotic prescribing and administration guidelines. Resources for families including a paediatric sepsis signs checklist and information sheet for parents and carers of a child diagnosed with sepsis are also included.
The Pathway, has been co-designed by a multidisciplinary team of experts and consumers whose families had been personally impacted by sepsis. The Pathway is suitable for all Queensland Health facilities including emergency departments, rural and remote hospitals and inpatient wards. The Pathway, along with our family resources, can be ordered at WINC using the below codes.
- 1NY42186 – Paediatric Sepsis Pathway
- SW1205b - Paediatric sepsis signs checklist
- SW1205a - Information for parents, carers and families of children with sepsis
- 1NY43879 - Information for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families of a child with sepsis
- 1NY44154 - Information for parents of children who have died from Sepsis
- 1NY43943 - Paediatric Sepsis Lanyard Card
If your organisation does not have a WINC account, you will need to create an account to be able to place an order.
A paediatric sepsis care pathway is currently under development for the ieMR along with digital dashboards for real time reporting.
Paediatric sepsis clinical guidelines and tools
Pathway tools and resources
- Paediatric Sepsis Clinical Pathway – Factsheet
- Paediatric Sepsis Clinical Pathway – Frequently Asked Questions
- Paediatric Sepsis Family Support Program – Factsheet
- Referral form to QPSP for clinician or family support
You can also search for sepsis infection management guidelines in our antimicrobial stewardship section.
Emergency guidelines
- Queensland Paediatric Emergency Guidelines
- Sepsis recognition and emergency management in children guideline
- Management of Suspected Neutropenic Sepsis Pathway (QH staff only) [PDF 980 KB]
- Medication guides for use in Queensland
- Children’s Resuscitation Emergency Drug Dosage (CREDD)
- Emergency Febrile illness guidelines
- Critical Care Management of Paediatric Septic Shock guideline (QH staff only) [PDF 968 KB]