This guideline sets out an antimicrobial prescribing strategy for acute otitis media (ear infection). It aims to limit antibiotic use and reduce antimicrobial resistance. Acute otitis media can be caused by viruses or bacteria. It lasts for about a week, and most children get better in 3 days without ant...
Otitis Media/drug therapy,
Anti-Infective Agents/therapeutic use,
Drug Prescriptions/standards,
Drug Resistance, Microbial,
Cephalosporins/therapeutic use,
Acetaminophen/therapeutic use,
Ibuprofen/therapeutic use,
Analgesics, Non-Narcotic/therapeutic use,
Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use,
Tobacco Use Disorder/complications,
Placebos/therapeutic use,
Drug Resistance, Bacterial/drug effects,
Superinfection/prevention & control,
Amoxicillin/therapeutic use
This guideline covers prescribing of cannabis-based medicinal products for people with intractable
nausea and vomiting, chronic pain, spasticity and severe treatment-resistant epilepsy....
This guideline covers making people aware of how to correctly use antimicrobial medicines (including antibiotics) and the dangers associated with their overuse and misuse. It also includes measures to prevent and control infection that can stop people needing antimicrobials or spreading infection to othe...
This guideline covers the clinical care of adults (18 years and over) who are dying during the last 2 to 3 days of life. It aims to improve end of life care for people in their last days of life by communicating respectfully and involving them, and the people important to them, in decisions and by mainta...
This guideline covers good practice for developing and updating local formularies in line with statutory requirements. It supports developing formularies that reflect local needs, reduce variation in prescribing, and allow rapid adoption of new medicines and treatments. In October 2015, changes to recomm...
Boullata, JI;
Gilbert, K;
Sacks, G;
Labossiere, RJ;
Crill, C;
Goday, P;
Kumpf, VJ;
Mattox, TW;
Plogsted, S;
Holcombe, B.
"BACKGROUND:
Parenteral nutrition (PN) is a high-alert medication available for patient care within a complex clinical process. Beyond application of best practice recommendations to guide safe use and optimize clinical outcome, several issues are better addressed through evidence-based policies, procedu...
This guideline covers good practice for managing medicines in care homes. It aims to promote the safe and effective use of medicines in care homes by advising on processes for prescribing, handling and administering medicines. It also recommends how care and services relating to medicines should be provi...
