Fully updated adult and child primary care antibiotics guidelines for NHS GG&C (20/07/22)
Updated Primary Care Adult Infection Management Guidance
Date of publication: May 2019
Replaces: November 2016 V4
Review date: May 2021
Approved by: NHSGGC Antimicrobial Utilisation Committee
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Updated Primary Care Paediatric Empiric Infection Management Guidelines
Greater Glasgow & Clyde Antimicrobial Utilisation Committee, November 2018. Review November 2021
Corrected minor typos. Changed nystatin for oral candidiasis back to the original dose of 100,000 units qds.
Major update in version 4.0.1 (made in collaboration with the NHS GG&C prescribing group):- Adult guidance fully updated to reflect NHS GGC November 2016 update.- Child guidance fully updated in line with NHS GGC ADTC AUC August 2015 update.
GP Antibiotics is a simple, searchable, pocket reference for the current NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde antimicrobial guidelines. It has a clean modern user interface. Best of all it's entirely free!
This app should prove invaluable to all general practitioners, physicians, junior doctors, nurses, pharmacists, other medical staff and healthcare professionals working within primary care. It contains up-to-date antibiotic, antiviral, antifungal and other antimicrobial management guidelines for the infections commonly encountered in adults and children.
GP Antibiotics includes guidance for central nervous system, dental, genital tract, gastro-intestinal, HIV, immunocompromised, lower respiratory tract, skin/ soft tissue, tropical, upper respiratory tract and urinary tract infections in adults and children. Doses, frequencies, durations of treatment, first-line, second-line and penicillin allergic options are included.
Our aim is to improve the provision of healthcare. Our app collects anonymous usage data to help us improve the guidelines and the app. We are also interested on the global usage of antibiotics and the relationship with antibiotic resistance. If you do not want the app to collect anonymous usage data, this can be easily disabled within the app's preferences.
GP Antibiotics is a collaboration between:
- Dr Andrew Seaton, infectious diseases consultant at the NHS Glasgow Brownlee Centre for Infectious and Communicable Diseases and the NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde prescribing team
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- Dr Samuel Leighton, a doctor with an interest in app development, and Michael Park, professional software developer.