Blood Processor Device Could Treat Sepsis

A team of engineers at Oregon State University (OSU), Corvallis, say that they have developed a new technology that could revolutionize treatment and prevention of sepsis. Commonly called “blood poisoning,” sepsis can quickly grow from a modest infection into a whole-body inflammation, which can lead to multiple organ failure and death. When treatment is started early enough, it can sometimes be successfully treated with antibiotics, but the mortality rate for the condition is still about 28 to 50 percent.