Suspected sepsis in under 16s: recognition, diagnosis 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:

• Children under 5: evaluating risk from suspected sepsis in under 16s
• Children aged 5 to 11: evaluating risk from suspected sepsis in under 16s
• Young people aged 12 to 16: evaluating risk from suspected sepsis in under 16s

Managing suspected sepsis

See the visual summaries on how to manage suspected sepsis:

• Outside acute hospital settings: managing suspected sepsis in under 16s
• In acute hospital settings: managing suspected sepsisin under 16s