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(1) Hospitals may develop protocols for the treatment of sepsis and septic shock that are consistent with current evidence-based guidelines for the treatment of severe sepsis and septic shock.
(2) When developing the protocols described in Subsection (1), a hospital shall consider:
(a) a process for screening and recognizing patients with sepsis;
(b) a process to screen out individuals for whom the protocols would not be appropriate for treating sepsis;
(c) timeline goals for treating sepsis;
(d) different possible methods for treating sepsis and reasons to use each method;
(e) specific protocols to treat children who present with symptoms of sepsis or septic shock; and
(f) training requirements for staff.
(3) A hospital may update the hospital's sepsis protocols as new data on the treatment of sepsis and septic shock becomes available.