Can Patient Harm Drive Better Sepsis Prevention?

The Sepsis Spectrum

Sometimes what we call prevention is really just harm repackaged. Nicole, Dr. Hudson Garrett, and Armando Nahum dig into the paradoxes of infection control, where well-meaning efforts can produce unseen consequences. They explore the culture of blame, AMR and sepsis awareness pitfalls, and the need to refocus on patient experience. A provocative discussion for infection preventionists and frontline clinicians and leaders alike.

Featured Guests:

• Hudson Garrett, PhD, MSN, MPH, FNP-BC, IP-BC, CPPS, AS-BC, VA-BC, NCEE, FACDONA, DICO-C, CFER, FAAPM (https://www.linkedin.com/in/drhudsongarrett/)Infection prevention expert and healthcare epidemiologist focused on policy, implementation science, and safety culture.

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• Armando Nahum (https://www.linkedin.com/in/armandonahum/): National patient advocate and health equity leader who transformed personal tragedy into systemic change in hospital-acquired infection prevention, becoming the Co-Founder and President of the Safe Care Campaign https://www.safecarecampaign.org/

Key Takeaways:

• Understand how system failures in infection prevention and QI contribute to missed HAIs and hospital-onset sepsis.

• Identify safety blind spots like delayed recognition, antibiotic overuse, and communication breakdowns and why they persist.

• Explore how antimicrobial stewardship protects not just populations, but individual patients at their most vulnerable.

• Learn why real sepsis prevention takes more than protocols; it takes visibility, accountability, and leadership.

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Produced by: Human Content and Sepsis Alliance