In the setting of SS/SS, it has been demonstrated that delayed antibiotic administration is clearly associated with increased mortality. Even prior to the onset of persistent or recurrent hypotension, there is an 8% increase in mortality for each hour of delay in antimicrobial administration. In another cohort of patients undergoing EGDT, those who received appropriate antibiotics less than one hour after triage had a 14% lower mortality than those who did not.While timing is essential, antibiotic choice is similarly important. Targeting the offending pathogens has outcome implications as well. In a prospective study, Gram-negative bacteraemia patients who empirically received appropriate (pathogen susceptible) antibiotics had a significantly lower mortality than those who empirically received inappropriate (pathogen not susceptible) antibiotics (18% vs. 34%). Not surprisingly, patients who receive inadequate therapy have a 10% increase in hospital mortality. As such, it is recommended that broad-spectrum antibiotics be given as soon as possible in sepsis, but always within the first hour after recognition of SS/SS.8 While the feasibility of this requires further study, and is not yet the international standard of care, the importance of administering correct antibiotics as soon as possible cannot be overstated.