Suspected sepsis in people aged 16 or over: recognition, assessment and early management

NICE has produced a series of visual summaries on how to evaluate risk of severe illness or death from suspected sepsis and on managing the condition, depending on the setting that the person is in. These are available to download from tools and resources.  

A single PDF of all the visual summaries across the sepsis topic suite is also available.  

Evaluating risk from suspected sepsis

See the visual summaries on how to evaluate this risk in:

• Community or custodial settings: evaluating risk from suspected sepsis in people aged 16 or over
• Acute mental health, ambulance and acute hospital settings: evaluating risk from suspected sepsis in people aged 16 or over with NEWS2

Managing suspected sepsis

See the visual summaries on how to manage suspected sepsis in:

• Community or custodial settings: managing suspected sepsis in people aged 16 or over
• Acute mental health settings: managing suspected sepsis in people aged 16 or over
• Ambulance: managing suspected sepsis in people aged 16 or over
• Acute hospital settings: managing suspected sepsis in people aged 16 or over with NEWS2

For acute hospital settings, the 2 relevant summaries are also available together on 1 page: evaluating and managing suspected sepsis in people aged 16 or over in acute hospital settings with NEWS2.