Educational Materials

Learn more on sepsis with the Global Sepsis Alliance' 3 minute video explaining this life-threatening condition. The video is available in 7 languages on the World Sepsis Day Youtube Channel.

This booklet aims to answer key questions commonly asked in relation to blood culture, provide practical recommendations for routine blood culture procedures, and offer an illustrated step-by-step guide to blood culture collection best practices.

Additional Blood Culture resources are available in the Microbiology section.

This educational booklet provides clinicians with a practical guide to the use of procalcitonin (PCT) for ‌patient monitoring, prognosis of disease severity, and guidance for antibiotic discontinuation.

This document provides summaries of major publications demonstrating the medical value of PCT-guided antibiotic therapy in an easy-to-read format.

This monograph provides an understanding of the epidemiology of sepsis, including its causes and consequences, as well as an insight into the important steps in sepsis patient management.

Discover the major publications demonstrating the medical value of PCT-guided antibiotic therapy.

This monograph provides an understanding of the epidemiology of sepsis, including its causes and consequences, as well as an insight into the important steps in sepsis patient management.

Discover an animated video that illustrates the preparation steps for collecting blood culture specimens with 2 methodologies.

Discover an animated video that illustrates the preparation steps for collecting blood culture specimens with a needle and syringe.

Discover an animated video that illustrates the preparation steps for collecting blood culture specimens with a winged set.