SEPSIS

The New Zealand Sepsis Trust aims to take up this role by promoting clinical tools, providing education and fundraising to build awareness and sepsis research capability... People have often heard of blood poisoning (toto pirau) and septicaemia but sepsis is the accepted term for an overwhelming immune response to infection that damages the body's tissues and vital organs. The New Zealand Sepsis Trust was formed when we found that no national organisation existed to bring sepsis into the public eye or to facilitate sepsis care and education... Around the world, sepsis is the number one cause of death in hospitals. New Zealand has more than 10,000 cases of sepsis annually and more than 1600 deaths as a result, but many people have never heard of it.

Also known as: Sepsis Trust NZ Hamilton PO

Registration numbers: CC56078 (W)

Primary location: Hamilton