*quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment* **Intended Use** qSOFA identifies adults with suspected infection outside the intensive care unit who are at higher risk of a poor outcome. Two or more criteria suggest increased risk of in-hospital mortality. It is a risk stratification aid, not a diagnostic test for sepsis: a score below 2 does not rule sepsis out, and treatment must not be delayed on the score alone — follow the local sepsis protocol. **Source** Singer M, Deutschman CS, Seymour CW, et al. The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3). JAMA. 2016;315(8):801–810. [JAMA](https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2492881)