Facts about Sepsis
Finding the needle in the haystack
Sepsis affects 49 million people and causes 11 million deaths every year worldwide. It is the body’s overwhelming and life-threatening response to infection that can lead to tissue damage, organ failure, and death. In other words, it’s your body’s overactive and toxic response to an infection.
Like strokes or heart attacks, sepsis is a medical emergency that requires rapid diagnosis and treatment. The good news: it is a severe but treatable condition given proper and timely diagnosis. But this precisely is where current technologies fall short. Why? Fast and reliable pathogen identification from a patient’s blood sample remains an extreme challenge due to the vast amount of human background. This is where CellEctric comes in.
The importance of faster infection diagnosis
10x
faster time to infection diagnosis
Medium duration of blood culture diagnosis 37.5 hrs
8,8M
Lives potentially saved every year
80% of sepsis deaths could be prevented by rapid diagnosis and appropriate treatment
57%
Increased chance of survival
Risk of death increases +7,6% every hour without proper treatment
560M
Potential health care cost savings in EUR per year (GER)
Due to reduction of hospital stay