Todd Fraser, MD, speaks with Christopher W. Seymour, MD, MSc, about the article, “Delays From First Medical Contact to Antibiotic Administration for Sepsis,” published in Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Seymour’s article contends that “the time from first healthcare contact to antibiotic administration in sepsis, termed ‘total medical contact delay,'” is not fully understood. He discusses the association between total medical contact delay and in-hospital mortality among community-acquired sepsis patients in a large retrospective cohort.

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