Lawmakers take aim at the deadly threat of sepsis

New Jersey’s sepsis death rate exceeds the nationwide average. Lawmakers say they have a plan to bring it down.

By: Lilo H. Stainton

Outlets: New Jersey Monitor

Published: April 28, 2026

Words: 1,616

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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West Orange-based attorney Steven Martino first learned about sepsis when his 19-year-old daughter Alyssa was hospitalized for a possible urinary tract infection in the spring of 2010.

Martino said he and his wife were at their daughter’s bedside at midnight, joking with her about the fast food meal they were sharing. The next morning, sepsis caused first her lungs, then her kidneys, and eventually her heart to shut down.

Alyssa was transferred …

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