| Guideline Title |
| COVID -19 Management of adult patients with suspected COVID -19 |
| Acute Cholecystitis and Cholangitis in adults |
| Acute Infective Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in Secondary Care |
| Acute Otitis Media and Mastoiditis in adults |
| Acute pancreatitis and infective complications |
| Acute Pelvic Inflammatory Disease in adults |
| Acute prostatitis and recurrent lower UTI in men in Secondary Care |
| Acute Sore Throat ( including tonsillar-pharyngitis and epiglottitis ) in adults |
| Acute sore throat ( including tonsillar-pharyngitis and epiglottitis ) in children |
| Acute Uncomplicated Diverticulitis in Adults |
| Amikacin Intravenous antimicrobial prescribing guidelines |
| Animal or Human Bites in Adults - Prevention of Infection |
| Animal or Human Bites in Children |
| Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Labour Guidelines |
| Appendicitis in adults |
| Appendicitis in Children ( >4 weeks to ≤ 16 years ) |
| Aspiration pneumonitis and aspiration pneumonia |
| Asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnancy |
| Bacterial Conjunctivitis in Adults |
| Bacterial meningitis and meningococcal sepsis in adults |
| Blood Culture Sampling in Adults |
| Brain Abscess and Subdural Empyema |
| Brain Abscess and Subdural Empyema in Neonates and Children |
| Breast abscesses and Mastitis, ( breast cellulitis ) in adults |
| Breast surgery Antimicrobial Prophylaxis |
| Bronchiectasis- Acute Exacerbation |
| Bronchiolitis in Children |
| Candida Infection in Neonates |
| Candidaemia and Invasive Candidiasis in Adult Patients |
| Candidiasis Superficial in Neonates and Children |
| Cardiac Surgery in Adults |
| Cardiac Surgery in Children |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections ( CAUTI ) in adults ( ≥ 16 years of age ) |
| Cellulitis in children between 4 weeks and 16 years old ( including necrotising fasciitis ) |
| Central venous catheter infection for infants ( excluding neonates on the NICU ) and children |
| Central Venous Catheters in Adults and Children |
| Cerebrospinal fluid ( CSF ) Shunt Infections in Adults |
| Cerebrospinal fluid ( CSF ) Shunt Infections in Children |
| Cidofovir in the Management of Adenovirus and Polyoma (BK) Virus Infections in Paediatric Oncology including BK virus associated Hemorrhagic Cystitis |
| Clostridioides Difficile (previously known as Clostridium Difficile) |
| Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) In Adults |
| Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) in children (<18 years of age) |
| Common Emergencies Presenting to Eye Clinic |
| Community Acquired Acute Gastrointestinal Infection ( including Food Poisoning ) in Adults Seen in Accident and Emergency and/or Requiring Hospital Admission |
| Community Acquired Infection of unknown focus in Infants and Children ( not on NICU ) |
| Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) in Adults |
| Community Acquired Pneumonia in ( CAP ) in Children ( >4 weeks old - <16 years age ) |
| Community Acquired Rhinosinusitis ( Sinusitis ) in Adults |
| Congenital Syphilis |
| Conjunctivitis in Children >1 month-16 years |
| Conjunctivitis Neonatal (Ophthalmia Neonatorum) |
| Considering Sepsis in Paediatrics |
| Dalbavancin guidelines for Adult Patients |
| Daptomycin |
| Deep spinal infection in adults |
| Dental Surgery |
| Diabetic Foot Infections ( Adult ) |
| Diagnosis and Treatment of Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA) and Aspergillus bronchitis in Children and Adults with Cystic Fibrosis |
| Diagnostic Ascitic Paracentesis Sampling Technique |
| Early infected hip or knee replacement with retention of prosthesis |
| Endocarditis in Children (over 1 month) |
| Endophthalmitis ( post operative, post trauma, bleb-related, endogenous ) and penetrating eye injuries |
| Enhanced Antimicrobial Stewardship with the introduction of Procalcitonin to guide antibiotic duration in Adult Critical Care |
| ENT Surgery |
| ENT Surgery in Children |
| Fever and Seizure or Suspected Acute CNS Infection ( not NICU ) |
| Frailty Syndrome (Community Acquired Pneumonia) in adults on the virtual ward (Frailty) |
| Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Gastroenterology in Adults |
| Gentamicin once daily regimen with Hartford Nomogram (agreed by Yorkshire regional group). |
| Gentamicin Prescribing Guideline for Neonates: ( ≤ 28 days ) |
| Group B Streptococcus Colonisation in Pregnancy |
| Gynaecological Surgery and Procedures in Adults |
| Helicobacter pylori Infection in adults |
| Herpes Simplex Virus Encephalitis in Infants and Children ( 1 month - 16 years ) |
| Herpes Zoster Infection in Adults |
| Hospital Acquired Pneumonia (HAP) in adults |
| Impetigo in Neonates and Children |
| Infected Long-term Intravascular Access Devices in Adults |
| Infected Parapneumonic Effusions and Empyema |
| Infected temporary central venous catheters ( CVC ) and arterial catheters in adults |
| Infection related management of complicated intra-abdominal infection (excluding appendicitis) |
| Influenza |
| Influenza in Neonates and Children |
| Invasive cardiology procedures in adults |
| Invasive Fungal Infection in the Paediatric Haematology and Oncology Department |
| Itraconazole |
| Late Onset ( after 72 hours ) Neonatal Sepsis on the Neonatal Unit |
| Linezolid |
| Liver Transplant Surgery |
| Long Line Sepsis - Neonatal |
| Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery in Children |
| Lower Urinary Tract Infections (LUTI): cystitis - non-pregnant adults |
| Lung Abscess in adults |
| Meropenem or Piperacillin-tazobactam Continuous infusions in Adult Critical Care Areas |
| Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus ( S.aureus ) on a Respiratory Sample from a Patient with Cystic Fibrosis |
| Microbial Keratitis ( Bacterial, Fungal, Viral and Protozoal ) in Adults |
| Mycobacterium Abscessus Respiratory Tract Infections in Children and Adults with Cystic Fibrosis |
| Myelosuppressive Chemotherapy for Haematological Malignancies |
| Native Valve Endocarditis |
| Necrotising Enterocolitis in Neonates |
| Neonatal Surgery Antimicrobial Prophylaxis |
| Neurosurgery |
| Neutropenic Sepsis ( Adults ) |
| Neutropenic Sepsis / Febrile Neutropenia ( Paediatrics ) |
| Ophthalmic surgery antimicrobial prophylaxis |
| Oropharyngeal Herpes Simplex Infection in Adults |
| Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery |
| Orthopaedic procedures in children |
| Osteomyelitis in children and infants |
| Otitis Externa in Children and Neonates |
| Otitis Media in Children |
| Otitis Media with Effusion in Children |
| Penicillin Allergy - Assessment and Management of a Patient presenting with a History of |
| Peritonitis in continuous and automated peritoneal dialysis patients |
| Petechial rash in infants and children |
| Plastic surgery in adults |
| Pneumocystis jiroveci infection in children and young people being treated for malignant disease, marrow failure or post-haemopoetic stem cell transplant |
| Pre-septal ( peri-orbital ) and Orbital Cellulitis in Adults |
| Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis |
| Pulmonary fungal disease ( including aspergillosis ) in the Immunocompetent adult |
| Pyloromyotomy Surgery in Children |
| Renal Transplant Surgery in Adults |
| Sepsis - Antibiotics for Early Onset Sepsis in the Newborn |
| Sepsis management during Pregnancy, Labour and Postnatal period |
| Sepsis Management Guidelines |
| Septic Arthritis in Children |
| Septic arthritis of native joints in adults |
| Serum Procalcitonin testing in Medical Admissions ( for adults only ) |
| Skin and Soft tissue Infection - Including Cellulitis, Surgical Wound Infections and Necrotising Infections (Fasciitis) in Adults |
| Small bacterial overgrowth in children |
| Spinal surgery and spinal procedures in adults |
| Splenectomy or with an Absent or Dysfunctional Spleen |
| Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis ( SBP ) in adults |
| Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) including Acute Variceal Bleeding |
| Staphylococcus aureus ( S.aureus ) on a respiratory sample from a patient with cystic fibrosis |
| Taurolidine – based catheter lock solutions ( TauroLockTM ) |
| Teicoplanin antimicrobial prescribing guidance for Adult Patients |
| Telephone Calls to Microbiology for Antimicrobial Treatment or Diagnosis Advice |
| Thoracic Surgery |
| Thoracic surgery in children |
| Tigecycline |
| Tinea corporis, tinea cruris ( groin ringworm ), Tinea capitis ( scalp ringworm ), onychomycosis ( fungal nail disease) and tinea pedis ( athletes's foot ) in adults and children in secondary care |
| Tobramycin |
| Treatment of an Early / Mild Respiratory Exacerbation of Cystic Fibrosis |
| Upper and Lower Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary surgery in adults |
| Upper urinary tract infections (U-UTI) and urosepsis in non-pregnant adults |
| Urinary Catheterisation Prophylaxis in Adults |
| Urinary Tract Infections ( UTI's ) in Childhood |
| Urinary tract infections in pregnancy |
| Urological Procedures ( Excluding Bladder Catheterisation ) |
| Vancomycin |
| Vancomycin Prescribing Guidance in Paediatrics ( 1 month - 16 years ) |
| Vancomycin Prescribing Guideline for Infants on the Neonatal Unit |
| Varicella Zoster ( Chicken Pox ) Infection in Adults |
| Varicella-Zoster Virus Infection in Immunosuppressed Children & Young People with Cancer |
| Vascular Surgery |
| Ventilator-associated pneumonia |
| Viral Encephalitis in Adults |
| Whooping Cough (Pertussis) in Adults and Children |