A continent-wide survey reveals that while full Surviving Sepsis guidelines cannot be implemented in Africa due to resource shortages, modified guidelines based on available resources could still enable substantial life-saving interventions.
The results of this self-reported survey strongly suggest that the most recent Surviving Sepsis guidelines cannot be implemented in Africa, particularly not in Sub-Saharan Africa, due to a shortage of required hospital facilities, equipment, drugs and disposable materials. However, availability of resources to implement the majority of strong Surviving Sepsis Campaign recommendations and the sepsis bundles may allow modification of current sepsis guidelines based on available resources and implementation of a substantial number of life-saving interventions into sepsis care in Africa.
Baelani et al. (Mon,) studied this question.