“…During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the ISF proposed an adjusted version of the original outcome set, which was adopted globally [ 40 , 41 ]. Improving outcome parameters such as resource use, duration of invasive treatments, and the development of organ dysfunction that requires higher levels of care, suddenly became extremely valuable in a resource-scarce setting [ 42 ]. Future studies on sepsis performance improvement programs and sepsis care bundles should similarly expand the core set of outcome measures to capture these additional benefits.…”