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Re:It's Just a Virus, the E.R. Told Him. Days Later, He Was ... by NetMageSCW on Monday October 06, 2025 @06:37PM (#45497085)
The question should be why was he trying to disregard the orders that were part of the standard protocol for a possible sepsis situation - just accept them all as intended.
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Re:It's Just a Virus, the E.R. Told Him. Days Later, He Was ... by benlivengood on Monday October 06, 2025 @10:11PM (#45498703)
The system was poorly designed; as pointed out elsewhere: ordering antibiotics before lab results come back is a bad practice. However, the particular sepsis popup required antibiotics to be ordered, and lab results hadn't come back yet, but another procedure (x-ray) needed to be ordered immediately.
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Re:It's Just a Virus, the E.R. Told Him. Days Later, He Was ... by Fomite on Tuesday October 07, 2025 @02:54PM (#45507210)
People dramatically underestimate how much sepsis protocols and antibiotic stewardship are in tension.
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