Policy document
November 19th 2025

Suspected sepsis in under 16s: recognition, diagnosis and early management

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The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is an executive non-departmental public body of the Department of Health in the United Kingdom.

This guideline covers the recognition, diagnosis and early management of suspected sepsis in under 16s (not pregnant or recently pregnant). It includes recommendations on recognition and early assessment, initial treatment, escalating care, finding and controlling the source of infection, early monitoring, information and support, and training and education

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Related SDGs

SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being
SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being

Target 3.2

End preventable deaths of newborns and children under 5 years of age, with all countries aiming to reduce neonatal mortality to at least as low as 12 per 1,000 live births and under-5 mortality to at least as low as 25 per 1,000 live births

Target 3.3

End the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases and combat hepatitis, water-borne diseases and other communicable diseases

Target 3.4

Reduce by one third premature mortality from non-communicable diseases through prevention and treatment and promote mental health and well-being

Target 3.d

Strengthen the capacity of all countries, in particular developing countries, for early warning, risk reduction and management of national and global health risk

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OpenAlex NIH DOIs (April 2024) 3 Ministry of Science and Technology 1 Korea Science and Engineering Foundation 1 Chonnam National University 1 Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation 1 BioPorto Diagnostics A/S 1 NIH CTSA 18 Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan 1 Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou 2 NIH CTSA (January 2022) 3 MRC 8 BBSRC 1 ESRC 1 EPSRC 2 Wellcome Trust 8 Alpha 1 Foundation 1 Medical Research Council 4 National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care Yorkshire and Humber 1 Innovate UK 1 Rigshospitalet 1 Danish Strategic Research Council 1 ACTA foundation 1 Raine Medical Research Foundation 1 Department of Health & Social Care 1 Alberta Innovates–Health Solutions 1 Austin Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Trust 1 Alberta Innovates - Health Solutions 2 Instituto de Salud Carlos III 1 Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional 1 Health Technology Assessment programme 3 Chang Gung Memorial Hospital 3 National Institutes of Health 4 European Regional Development Fund 1 King Abdullah International Medical Research Center 1 Health Technology Assessment Programme 3 Wellcome 1 Alpha-1 Foundation 1 British Lung Foundation 1 Research Trainees Coordinating Centre 1 UK Research and Innovation 2 National Institute for Health Research 6 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 3 National Institute of General Medical Sciences 1 Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad 1 European Commission 1 ESRC January 2022 1 National Natural Science Foundation of China 1 BBSRC (September 2021) 1 Danish Agency for Science and Higher Education 1 Ministeriet for Forskning Innovation og Videregående Uddannelser 1 ... and others

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