The HSE has launched a new five-year strategy to help earlier detection and treatment of sepsis.
The life-threatening blood infection causes around 3,000 deaths here each year and the HSE said some cases are avoidable.
Around 15,000 cases of sepsis are diagnosed here each year.
There have been several missed sepsis cases which have tragically resulted in patient deaths in recent years.
Key symptoms of sepsis include slurred speech, new confusion, being too unwell to communicate, drowsiness, extreme shivering, muscle aches and fever.
Dr Colm Henry, the HSE Chief Clinical Officer, said some cases are avoidable through earlier detection.
The strategy aims to improve awareness and timely action to enable earlier identification and treatment and lead to improved outcomes.
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Meanwhile, separate figures released by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation showed that 628 patients were being treated on trolleys, chairs or in other inappropriate bed spaces today.
“The number of people on trolleys today is exceptionally high considering the time of year,” INMO General Secretary Phil Ní Sheaghdha said.
“It is clear from today’s figures that the level of overcrowding outside the emergency department in hospitals around the country is unmanageable, with over a third of patients admitted to hospital without a bed now being treated elsewhere in the hospital.
“Management in hospitals where overcrowding is particularly worrying must now make it their focus to de-escalate the number of patients being admitted on trolleys,” she added.
Ms Ní Sheaghdha said the aim must be to reduce the number of patients being treated on trolleys in hospitals “across all regions”.
“Our members are reporting that significant overcrowding, coupled with unmet recruitment and retention targets, is making it impossible to provide safe care to those who need it most,” she said.