[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 340 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 340

 Supporting the designation of September 13, 2023, as National Sepsis 
                                  Day.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 13, 2023

 Mr. Schumer submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
        the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Supporting the designation of September 13, 2023, as National Sepsis 
                                  Day.

Whereas sepsis is a medical condition caused by a severe immune response to 
        infection or traumatic injury;
Whereas the overwhelming flood of inflammatory signals released into the blood 
        to fight infection can impair blood flow, injuring the body's organs;
Whereas sepsis is a serious infection and a leading cause of death and 
        disability in the Unites States;
Whereas severe sepsis can result in septic shock, exposing the patient to 
        potentially fatal multiple organ failure;
Whereas 1,700,000 people in the United States are infected by sepsis annually;
Whereas sepsis kills 270,000 people in the United States each year;
Whereas sepsis is the most expensive condition treated in hospitals in the 
        United States;
Whereas the number of sepsis deaths is currently on the rise in the United 
        States;
Whereas, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 80 percent 
        of sepsis cases begin outside the hospital;
Whereas most sepsis fatalities are preventable, and early recognition, 
        diagnosis, and treatment of sepsis can prevent loss of life;
Whereas the sepsis protocols for hospitals in New York State, called ``Rory's 
        Regulations'' for Rory Staunton who died from preventable, treatable 
        sepsis at 12 years of age, have been proven to save lives through rapid 
        identification and treatment of sepsis;
Whereas providers and public health experts should study and learn from Rory's 
        Regulations to find ways to end preventable deaths from sepsis; and
Whereas September 13, 2023, would be an appropriate date to designate as 
        ``National Sepsis Day'' to coincide with the international designation 
        of September 13 as ``World Sepsis Day'', to raise awareness of the 
        condition, to encourage the education of patients, families, health care 
        professionals, and government agencies on the seriousness sepsis and the 
        importance of early detection as the key to survival, and to focus 
        attention and energy towards the ultimate goal of ending sepsis: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate supports the designation of September 13, 
2023, as ``National Sepsis Day''.
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