Show Your Support for World Sepsis Day on Social Media – Ideas for Posts, WSD Photo Booth, 2023 WSD Event Poster, and WSD Photo Boards

World Sepsis Day on September 13 is just hours away – With this post, we want to give you some ideas to show your support on social media, be it Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, LinkedIn, or something else entirely. Spreading #SepsisAwareness on social media helps save lives!

Posts for Social Media

For social media, you can use the following posts, either with or without a WSD Infographic or a Sepsis Awareness Clip (most work better with). All posts are 280 characters or less, meaning they effortlessly work on X (formerly Twitter) (but also everywhere else, of course):

  • 1 in 5 deaths globally is associated with #sepsis. Do you know the symptoms, sources, and risk groups of sepsis? This #WorldSepsisDay, share this video with a loved one - it could save their lives! https://youtu.be/NsPDjOX8QHA

  • September 13 is #WorldSepsisDay - I am/We are participating to raise #awareness for #sepsis and #WorldSepsisDay - what are you doing? Start at worldsepsisday.org and help #stopsepsis and #savelives

  • September 13 is #WorldSepsisDay! Sepsis is the final common pathway to death from most infectious diseases worldwide, including #COVID19. These are the most common #sources of #sepsis.

  • Sepsis is not only a medical #emergency but also a global health crisis, affecting between 47 and 50 million people a year - September 13th is #WorldSepsisDay. Join us in raising awareness for #sepsis - awareness saves lives! #stopsepsis #savelives

  • September 13 is #WorldSepsisDay! While everybody can get sepsis, certain people are at an even higher risk. Join us in raising #awareness for #sepsis - awareness saves lives! #stopsepsis #savelives

  • September 13th is #WorldSepsisDay! #Sepsis is a medical emergency and must be treated immediately - if you see 2 or more #symptoms act immediately. #stopsepsis #savelives

  • September 13th is #WorldSepsisDay! #Sepsis is the most preventable cause of death worldwide. It can be prevented by #vaccination, #sanitation, and #awareness. Everything depends on #you! Join us and #stopsepsis #savelives

  • September 13th is #WorldSepsisDay! #Sepsis does not end at hospital discharge - many #sepsissurvivors face lifelong consequences. Join us to raise awareness! #stopsepsis #savelives

  • September 13th is #WorldSepsisDay! Join our global movement now - it is as easy as downloading our free #infographics or #sepsis #awareness clips from worldsepsisday.org/toolkits and posting them from your account. Raising awareness starts with #you. #stopsepsis #savelives

  • I am participating in the #WorldSepsisDay #Photochallenge to raise awareness for #sepsis, a disease affecting 47 to 50 million people annually, but often neglected by #policymakers, the general public, and even #healthcare #professionals - join the global movement now!

  • September 13th is #WorldSepsisDay - I am participating in the #photochallenge to raise #awareness for #sepsis and #WorldSepsisDay - what are you doing? Start at worldsepsisday.org and help #stopsepsis #savelives

Official hashtags

The official hashtags for World Sepsis Day are:

  • #WorldSepsisDay

  • #SepsisAwareness

  • #Sepsis

  • #StopSepsis

  • #SaveLives

We discourage using #WorldSepsisDay2023 or #WSD23 – if we want to “trend”, it is important we all use the same hashtags.

Sepsis Awareness Clips & WSD Infographics

Our Sepsis Awareness Clips and WSD Infographics are a great and easy way to improve your posts – both are of course free downloads in our WSD Toolkit Section. Our infographics are available in English, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, French, Italian, Arabic, Turkish, Finnish, German, and Croatian.

2023 WSD Event Poster

Let us (and everybody else) know what you did for (or around) WSD and become a part of our 2023 WSD Event Poster – the upload will be available on our website on September 14. Make sure to take plenty of pictures…

WSD Photo Booth

The new and improved WSD Photo Booth is a ton of fun and a very simple and straightforward way to show your support for World Sepsis Day – just click here, snap a selfie, and customize it to your liking by adding a frame, background, logo, or whatever you enjoy.

WSD Photo Boards

Our WSD Photo Boards are a super easy and quick way to show your support on social media and beyond – just download the photo boards from our toolkit section, print the one you like the best (there are 7 options to choose from), write your name on it, take a picture, and upload it to Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), TikTok, or Facebook, using the hashtag #WorldSepsisDay or tag us in the post (@WorldSepsisDay).

Our Social Media Channels

We are ‘World Sepsis Day’ on Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), TikTok, and Facebook – make sure to follow us if you aren’t yet.

Thank you so much for supporting World Sepsis Day – we really couldn’t do this without you! 🩷

Marvin Zick