Welcome to the Surviving Sepsis Campaign
The Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC), an initiative of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, the International Sepsis Forum, and the Society of Critical Care Medicine, was developed to improve the management, diagnosis, and treatment of sepsis. The agreement among the three societies and funding for the campaign came to a conclusion on December 31, 2008 (view final newsletter). This website and the database remain as resources. This unprecedented global effort to reduce death from sepsis was accomplished through the guidance and support of the three collaborating societies and their members. The Institute for Healthcare Improvement worked with campaign leadership to lend expertise in reinforcing the campaign as a quality improvement initiative.
The SSC aimed to reduce mortality from sepsis via a multi-point strategy, primarily:
- Building awareness of sepsis
- Improving diagnosis
- Increasing the use of appropriate treatment
- Educating healthcare professionals
- Improving post-ICU care
- Developing guidelines of care
- Facilitating data collection for the purposes of audit and feedback


