Table 2 Exclusion criteria

Wrong setting

Patients not in the emergency setting (defined as pre-hospital, or emergency department)

Wrong populations

Patients without sepsis

Wrong intervention

Not screening tools

Wrong methodology

NHMRC Level III evidence or below

Studies published before 2000

Studies published in non-English languages

Non-peer reviewed academic material

Irrelevant outcomes (not sensitivity, specificity, or 28- or 30-day mortality)

No full text paper available

Studies with high levels of bias as determined by the ROBINS-I or ROBIAS assessment tools