Sepsis is a complication of infection. To prevent it, any infection should be treated carefully and in time under the guidance of medical practitioner. The infection that can lead to sepsis include:
1. urinary infection, like kidney or bladder infection
2. respiratory infection, like pneumonia
3. blood infection
4. skin infection
5. digestive infection
If you have diabetes, at old age, living in a community, you're at high risk. If you have symptoms of infection, you've got to get help from your primary.