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SCOTTISH MEDICINES CONSORTIUM

NHS SCOTLAND

Providing advice about the status of all newly licensed medicines


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Policies and Guidance

    • Chief Executive Letter to Boards regarding roles and responsibilities related to HAI, including infection control policies, procedures and antimicrobial prescribing
    • The Scottish Management of Antimicrobial Resistance action Plan 2008
    • Antimicrobial Prescribing Policy and Practice in Scotland: Recommendations for Good Antimicrobial Practice in Acute Hospitals 2005
    • Minimum Requirements for Antimicrobial Prescribing
    • SAPG Guidance on Surgical Prophylaxis
    • Summary of Guidance on Antibiotics for the treatment of infection in the diabetic foot 
    • Use of Antibiotics in people with diabetic foot disease - Consensus Statement
    • BTS Guideline for the Management of Comunity Acquired Pneumonia in Adults - Update 2009 
    • SAPG Guidance on gentamicin and vancomycin guidance - revised Nov 09
    • Good Practice Guidance on Ratification of Antimicrobial Policies
    • Prudent antimicrobial use in respiratory infections
    • Clinical Governance Symposium Poster
    • Procedure for development and governance for new projects
    • Gentamicin Calculator 110210
    • Vancomycin Calculator 050110
    • Scottish Antimicrobial Prescribing Group - Year 1 Annual Report
    • Guidance to Optimise Antimicrobial use and Reduce Clostridium difficile Associated disease
    • European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption (ESAC) Hospital Point Prevalence Survey 2009
    • Surveillance of antimicrobial use and resistance - Guidance for AMTs June 2010

 


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