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.

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

You can also search for sepsis infection management guidelines in our antimicrobial stewardship section.

Emergency guidelines

Last updated: November 2024

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