Dr. Wayne Tuckson speaks with Dr. Benjamin Klausing, an infectious diseases specialist with the Baptist Health Medical Group, about sepsis, a potentially deadly condition that occurs when our bodies are not able to mount an effective immune response to a virus, bacteria or fungus.

The episode Kentucky Health: Sepsis: The Serious Side of Infections airs Sunday, March. 21, at 12:30 pm/11:30 am on KET and Monday, March 22, at 2/1 pm on KET2. 

Kentucky Health is a weekly KET program that seeks to improve the people’s health through education and increased awareness. Kentucky Health is hosted by Dr. Wayne Tuckson, a colorectal surgeon in Louisville, and produced by Laura Krueger.

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