Sepsis is associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality if not treated quicker. None of the currently available conventional and molecular methods are sufficiently rapid to achieve this. Odour-based assays could potentially fill this diagnostic niche. Presently available Mass Spectrometry to profile VOCs are of low sensitivity for fastidious organisms and labour-intensive. Considering an Electronic Nose, an instrument with a sensor and pattern recognition software, quantifies and classifies the gas. The sample peaks are produced mostly in the first ten minutes and thus is rapid. In...