Cuomo Plans New Rules in Fight Against Sepsis

By JIM DWYER  Published: January 7, 2013   Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo will announce in his State of the State Message this week that every hospital in New York must adopt aggressive procedures for identifying sepsis in patients, including the use of a countdown clock to begin treatment within an hour of spotting it, a state official said.  The new steps could save 5,000 to 8,000 lives annually, state health officials say, and reduce the long-term costs of the condition. Both initiatives were prompted by the case of Rory Staunton, a 12-year-old Queens boy who died of severe septic shock last year after being sent home from the emergency room at NYU Langone Medical Center.  Read more