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  • Joint Wound Care Formulary
  • . . . Introduction
  • 1. Gastro-Intestinal System
  • 2. Cardiovascular System
  • 3. Respiratory System
  • 4. Central Nervous System
  • 5. Infections
    • Hospital/Acute Care
    • Primary Care Guidance
    • Policies and Guidance
    • News Letter
    • A to Z
  • 6. Endocrine System
  • 7. Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Urinary Tract Disorders
  • 8. Malignant Disease and Immunosuppresion
  • 9. Nutrition and Blood
  • 10. Musculoskeletal and Joint Disease
  • 11. Eye
  • 12. Ear, Nose and Oropharynx
  • 13. Skin
  • 14. Immunological products and vaccines
  • 15. Anaesthesia
  • Appendix 1. Drugs for emergency use in General Practice
  • Appendix 2. Palliative Care
  • Appendix 3. Oral Nutritional Supplements (ONS)
  • Appendix 4. Gluten-free and cow's milk protein-free products
  • Medicines No Longer included in the GJF
  • Medicines not recommended for use in NHS Grampian
• eGJF
• Medicines Management
• Policies
• News Letters
• Shared Care Protocols
• Patient Group Directions

A

• Acute Sector Empirical Therapy for some common infections in adults (and children) see 'E' below.
• Guidance For Optimising Use Of Alert (Restricted) Antimicrobials In Adults
  • Full guidance [PDF 149KB]
  • Summary guidance [PDF 34KB]
• Antimicrobial Documentation Policy [PDF 241KB]
  • Allergy - see 'P' below - penicillin hypersensitivity
   

C

• Children - see Acute Sector: infections in children
• Clostridium Difficile (C. difficile)
  • Treatment
  • Policy - see Infection Prevention and Control intranet

D

• Documentation and Stop/Review Date see Antimicrobial Documentation Policy 'A' above

E

• Empirical therapy guidance
• Adult Hospital empirical antimicrobial therapy - for more information click here.
• Full guidance [PDF 642KB]
• Summary poster [PDF 217KB]  
• Background, cautions and interactions for co-trimoxazole [PDF 38KB]
• Dec 2012: Key changes to guidance [PDF 33KB - intranet only]


• Paediatric Hospital empirical antimicrobial therapy - for more information click here
  
  
• Primary Care antimicrobial guidance - for more information click here.
• Full guidance [PDF 780KB]
• Summary guidance [PDF 80KB]
• Frequently asked questions
• Background to the decision to use co-trimoxazole

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F

• Frail elderly - recommendations for antibiotic use (SAPG) and explanatory letter

G

• Gentamicin 
  • Gentamicin - Guidance for Once Daily Intravenous Dosing in Adults [PFD 331KB]
  • Gentamicin prescription and administration record [PDF 108KB]
  • Gentamicin dose calculator [Feb 2012]
  • For use in children - see Acute Sector: infections in children 

I

• Infection Prevention and Control intranet
• IV to Oral Antibiotic Switch Therapy (IVOST) in adults - for more information click here
  • Full guidance [PDF 122KB]
  • Summary guidance [PDF 35KB]

M

• Monitoring - see 'T' below - therapeutic drug monitoring
• MRSA Community and Healthcare Settings Policies - see Infection Prevention and Control intranet

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P

S

• Scottish Antimicrobial Prescribing Group (SAPG) website
• Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia
• Documentation/Stop/Review Date see Antimicrobial Documentation Policy 'A' above

T

• Therapeutic drug monitoring TDM (Adults) [PDF 124KB]

V

• Vancomycin
  • Vancomycin - Protocol for the Administration of Intravenous Intermittent (pulsed) Infusion in Adults [PDF 367KB]
  • Vancomycin prescription and administration record [PDF 85KB]
  • Vancomycin dose calculator [Feb 2012]
  • For use in children - see Acute Sector: infections in children