The big day is here – it’s finally World Sepsis Day! All over the world, countless events are raising awareness for sepsis over the next hours, days, and weeks.

In addition to joining local WSD Events, here are some last-minute tips to get involved online or in your institution.

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Add Your Event to the World Map

Let us (and everybody else) know what you are doing for WSD – upload your event to our new World Map now!

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WSD PHOTO BOOTH

The new WSD Photo Booth is a ton of fun and a very quick and easy 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.

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Take/Share the World Sepsis Day Quiz

Test your knowledge about sepsis or challenge a colleague, friend, or family member. Available in a version for the general public as well as for medical professionals - both in an online version as well as a printable PDF version…

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Sign the World Sepsis Declaration

The new 2030 World Sepsis Declaration sets our goals and key targets for the next decade and serves as the north star of our global efforts, jointly with the WHO Resolution on Sepsis. You can virtually sign it to show your support – think of it as a petition against sepsis.

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Follow Us on Social Media

We are ‘World Sepsis Day’ on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook - make sure to follow us if you aren’t yet.

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Post to Your Social Media

Posting to your personal or company social media account raises awareness and helps to save lives. Templates for posts are below – it’s as simple as copying and pasting. All posts are 280 characters or less, meaning they work effortlessly on Twitter (but also everywhere else, of course). Most work best with a WSD Infographic or one of our Sepsis Awareness Clips…

• 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! 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 - 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! 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

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Hashtags

The official hashtags for World Sepsis Day are:

• #WorldSepsisDay

• #10YearsWSD

• #Sepsis

• #StopSepsis

• #SaveLives

We discourage using #WorldSepsisDay2022 or #WSD22 – if we want to “trend”, it is important we all use the same hashtags.

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Infographics, Sepsis Awareness Clips, Posters, Fact Sheet, and More Free Resources

Our WSD Toolkit Section has tons of new material in many languages - including fact sheets, Sepsis Awareness Clips (covering symptoms, sources, risk groups, and more in about 30 seconds), posters, wallpapers, and of course our WSD Infographics in nine languages, among many other things - all for free and just two clicks away. You can use the material on social media or anywhere else on the internet, or print it.

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WSD Photo Boards

The WSD Photo Boards are a quick and easy way to raise awareness for sepsis and show your support for World Sepsis Day - simply print the photo board you like best, write your name on it, take a picture, and upload to Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Snapchat, or wherever you like.

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Sepsis in 3 Minutes

One of the easiest ways to let your loved ones know about sepsis remains to send them our video ‘What Is Sepsis? - Sepsis Explained in 3 Minutes’ - and it’s now available in 9 languages. The video explains many facets of the complex topic that is sepsis in just 3 minutes.

Please send the video to your loved ones - it could save their life:

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Press Release

A press release is available here.

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2022 WSD Event Poster

After World Sepsis Day, the 2022 WSD Event Poster will summarize all events that took place around WSD this year – make sure to take some pictures.

Please upload your events via our new interactive World Map. It allows uploading a short description of your event, the location, and up to 20 pictures. We will choose the best / most representative picture for the poster. The poster will be made available for download later this year, and be printed and shipped to you later this year.

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#10YearsWSD-Event on Friday, September 16

On Friday, September 16, the GSA and the Sepsis Stiftung will join forces to host a unique event celebrating a decade of World Sepsis Day – both in person in Berlin, as well as live-streamed on the event website.

The event is split up into 3 parts – a scientific symposium with renowned speakers from all over the world, an international best-practices panel, and a celebration and fundraising event in the evening.

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Donate to World Sepsis Day

We are a small non-profit charity trying to make the world a better place – every cent helps and will be put to good use.

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Thank you

Thank you so much for supporting World Sepsis Day – it really means the world to us.

For any questions, please contact us. Due to sheer volume, please allow us a couple of days to respond.

This year’s World Sepsis Day marks its tenth anniversary. Five years after the World Health Assembly resolution on sepsis management and the recent uptake of its implementation by the G7 leaders, the Global Sepsis Alliance rejoices in the results of global advocacy, but the road ahead is still steep, and the number of unnecessary deaths caused by sepsis still too high.

At the event “Making Sepsis a National and Global Health Priority” in Berlin on September 16, the Global Sepsis Alliance will celebrate the progress achieved in ten years of advocacy and quality improvements in the fight against sepsis. The event will be the opportunity to take stock of the successes and learnings of the past ten years and identify the challenges that stakeholders around the globe must address to minimize the burden of sepsis.

Sepsis still kills 11 million people every year and more than 80% of the burden lies in low- and middle-income countries. “The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated this burden through viral sepsis and underscored the vital importance of infection prevention and control, vaccination, and clean care to prevent the spread of disease and counter the threat of antimicrobial resistance“, reads the welcome message of WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, patron of the event.

“G7 governments have understood the importance of improving sepsis management and integrating it into antimicrobial resistance and pandemic preparedness strategies. We are satisfied with the inclusion of sepsis in the recent leaders’ conclusions under the German presidency”, confirms GSA President, Prof. Niranjan ‘Tex’ Kissoon. “We are working with our members and partners to ensure that the G20 countries also embrace the recommendations and contribute to reducing the number of still too high preventable deaths and disabilities caused by sepsis.”

Sepsis, the dysregulated immune system response to infections from bacteria, fungi, or viruses such as COVID-19, affects around 50 million people annually, often leaving survivors with long-term physical consequences, including amputations. Post-sepsis syndrome symptoms are very similar to the ones of the well-known long Covid.

The September 16 event will be attended in person or remotely by high-level officials including German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach and UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner, alongside renowned figures in the field of sepsis. This will be only one of the numerous events that are organized every year in September to raise awareness of sepsis around the globe. An interactive map of all activities is available on the World Sepsis Day website.

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For media inquires, please contact Simone Mancini.

Simone.Mancini[at]global-sepsis-alliance.org

+49 30 450 55 14 17

World Sepsis Day on September 13 is just around the corner - with this post, we want to give you some ideas to show your support on social media, be it Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, LinkedIn, or something else entirely. Supporting #WorldSepsisDay on social media helps save lives!

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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 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! 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 - 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! 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

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Official hashtags

The official hashtags for World Sepsis Day are:

• #WorldSepsisDay

• #10YearsWSD

• #Sepsis

• #StopSepsis

• #SaveLives

We discourage using #WorldSepsisDay2022 or #WSD22 – if we want to “trend”, it is important we all use the same hashtags.

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Sepsis Awareness Clips / WSD Infographics

Our Sepsis Awareness Clips and our WSD Infographics are a great and easy way to spice up 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.

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WSD World Map

Let us (and everybody else) know what you are planning for WSD – upload your event on our new World Map now!

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WSD Photo Booth

The new WSD Photo Booth is a ton of fun and a very quick and easy 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.

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WSD Photo Boards

Our WSD Photo Boards are a simple and straightforward 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, Twitter, or Facebook, using the hashtag #WorldSepsisDay or tag us in the post (@WorldSepsisDay).

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Our Social Media Channels

We are ‘World Sepsis Day’ on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook - make sure to follow us if you aren’t yet.

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Thanks for supporting World Sepsis Day - we couldn’t do it without you!

Don’t miss the upcoming Abionic Webinar “Guiding Clinical Care Using Pancreatic Stone Protein: The Role of Point-of-Care Testing in the Early Identification and Management of Sepsis” on September 22 at 5:00 PM CET.

The webinar will be chaired by the internationally renowned key opinion leader in critical care medicine, Prof. Jean-Louis Vincent from the Erasme University Hospital, in Brussels, Belgium.

For the third year in a row, Abionic will be hosting 3 expert physicians during this 1-hour free online event where they will share their experiences in guiding sepsis diagnosis and management with the aid of the rapid PSP test on the abioSCOPE.

The speakers who are honoring us with their presence are:

• Dr. Holger Klein, Chief Physician Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, Kantonsspital Aarau AG, Switzerland

• Dr. Gabriele Melegari, PhD, Medical Doctor in Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Ospedale di Baggiovara, Modena, Italy

• Dr. Maria Lagadinou, Ast. Prof. of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine-Infectious Diseases, Nurse & Internal Medicine Department, University Hospital of Patras, Greece

The session will end with a Q&A where participants can interact live with the speakers.

At the end of June, the more than 110 members of the Global Sepsis Alliance came together in a Member General Meeting (MGM). In addition to reporting on achievements, and current projects, and discussing the future strategy of the GSA, it was again time to elect a new GSA Board and GSA Executive Committee.

The GSA Board is the highest ranking decision-making body of the Global Sepsis Alliance. It is elected democratically by the member organizations of the GSA every three years and consists of up to 23 members from all parts of the world.

The GSA Executive Committee, which is more involved in day-to-day operations, is comprised of between 10 and 13 people, all of them members of the GSA Board.

In addition to voting for the new GSA Board, the GSA Members also confirmed Niranjan ‘Tex’ Kissoon as President for another term.

Congratulations to everyone elected, we look forward to continuing to change how sepsis is prioritized, diagnosed, and treated all around the world with you.

We are thrilled to announce that the virtual photo booth and interactive world map for #WorldSepsisDay are now ready for your submissions.

The world map allows you to upload what you are planning for #WorldSepsisDay, be it a symposium, sports event, sepsis quiz, online campaign, sepsis awareness stall, illuminate a building, or something entirely else. If you haven’t made plans for this year’s World Sepsis Day yet, it’s not too late to get involved. Ideas, inspiration, and free materials in multiple languages are available here.

The virtual photo booth is a ton of fun and a very easy 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.

Have fun, and thanks for helping us raise awareness for sepsis worldwide!

The ESA Annual Meeting is returning on 20 September 2022 in a hybrid format, in person in Brussels and online. It will provide a unique opportunity to hear from policymakers, experts, and patients about progress in sepsis management and integration in health systems, and open challenges requiring a united response. We are excited to confirm that Stella Kyriakides, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, will provide opening remarks. The physical event will be kindly hosted by the Permanent Representation of Germany to the EU, while the online live stream will be available on our website. Registrations are now open.

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SEPSIS MANAGEMENT, AN INDICATOR OF QUALITY OF CARE IN EUROPE

In January 2020, anticipating the outburst of the Sars-Cov-2 pandemic, the most updated data on sepsis were revealed, confirming what experts already suspected: sepsis is the most common cause of death worldwide, one every five, claiming 11 million lives globally every year. The pandemic has also demonstrated that sepsis is the main cause of death amongst COVID-19 patients, affecting almost 80% of those hospitalized in ICU. Furthermore, the similarities between the long-COVID and post-sepsis syndromes are stunning.

Antimicrobial resistance – often called “the silent pandemic” – hampers infection management and facilitates the occurrence of sepsis. Recent data from Sweden confirm the correlation.

Pandemic preparedness, infection management, or AMR strategies cannot prescind from efficient sepsis management. In fact, these are all aspects that comprehensive infection management strategies must include.

What if sepsis quality of care became a key indicator for the performance assessment of health systems? Reduced harm from sepsis means that health systems can prevent, identify and manage infections, and use antimicrobials effectively. However, how can we manage sepsis if we do not collect data systematically in Europe? What can we learn from those countries that have started implementing strategic measures in integrating sepsis in their national health systems?

These are some of the questions that we will try to answer at the 5th ESA annual meeting, with high-level speakers from institutions, experts, and patients.

On September 16, 2022, the Global Sepsis Alliance and the Sepsis Stiftung will join forces to host a unique event celebrating a decade of World Sepsis Day – both in person in Berlin, as well as live streamed on the event website.

Following a scientific symposium with renowned speakers from all over the world and an international best-practices panel, we will celebrate the achievements of the past 10 years, present the Global Sepsis Awards, and conclude this unique World Sepsis Day event with a fundraising dinner, featuring international artists who share our commitment to the vision of “A World Free of Sepsis”.

We are excited to welcome you to Berlin in person in September or see you on the free live stream for the symposium and the best-practices panel.