Nurses are the "secret weapon" against sepsis because they’re generally with patients more often than physicians. — Cindy Hou, chief medical officer, Sepsis Alliance In a typical year, more than 350,000 American adults die of sepsis — a number that could be lowered with better recognition of signs and symptoms of sepsis by everyone on a care team, says Cindy Hou, DO, MA, MBA, CIC, CPHQ, FACOI, FACP, FIDSA, chief medical officer of Sepsis Alliance. For this week's lead story, I spoke with Hou about how to recognize and prevent sepsis. | 