Table 4a-b.

Identification and treatment of sepsis in the absence of a computerized sepsis alert. Table 4a-b shows the mean percentages with 95% confidence intervals. Table 4a shows antibiotics and fluids administered in the 24 hours prior to the alert or within three hours after the alert for vasopressors. Table 4b shows interventions performed within three hours after the alert for alerts triggers precisely at clinical time zero.

All True Positives (a) (N = 63)
Sepsis documented in physician note	42.1%	(31.5% – 52.9%)
Intravenous antibiotics prior to sepsis alert	76.6%	(66.9% – 86.1%)
Intravenous fluids prior to sepsis alert	59.3%	(49.0% – 69.7%)
Started on vasopressors before or after alert	5%	(0% – 10%)
Alert Activated at Time Zero (b) (N = 28)
Change in antibiotic therapy in three hours	42.9%	(26.9% – 58.7%)
Received intravenous fluids in three hours	50.0%	(31.5% – 65.4%)
Did not receive fluids or changed antibiotics	28.6%	(11.3% – 45.7%)
Mean intravenous fluids in three hours (L)	0.5	(0.25 – 0.75)