The Christie Charity
Acute oncology teams at all acute Trusts and The Christie support the care of cancer patients who present as an emergency, especially those on current or recent treatment. For patients undergoing treatment for cancer, all infective episodes need to be rapidly assessed and treated urgently with antibiotics.
Key points
- Sepsis
- Systemic Response Syndrome
- Neutropenia definitions
- Assessment of septic patient
- Initial treatment, febrile at Day 4-6
- Antibiotics, Empirical Treatments, removal of IV Lines, suitable IV antibiotic regimens.
- Early and appropriate assessment and treatment of patients with life threatening infections
Document Owner: Sepsis Consultant Lead
Accountable Committee: Resuscitation and Deteriorating Patients Committee
Date Approved: May 2023
Review date: October 2025
Target: All clinicians
Download file: Guidelines for the management of sepsis (including neutropenic sepsis) [PDF file - 764 KB]