Guidelines by Organ System
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Blood Borne Infections
- The prevention of transmission of blood-borne diseases in the health-care setting (DoH 2005)
- Blood-Borne Viruses in Haemodialysis, CAPD and Renal Transplantation (DoH 2010)
- Guidelines for the Emergency Management of Injuries (including needlestick and sharps injuries, sexual exposure and human bites) (HPSC)
Cardiovascular Infections
- Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infections(AHA/IDSA 2010)
- Infective Endocarditis (Guidelines on Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of)(ESC 2009)
- Endocarditis Management (IDSA 2005)
- Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of endocarditis in adults (BSAC 2011)
- Prophylaxis against infective endocarditis (NICE 2008)
- Endocarditis Prevention(AHA/IDSA 2007)
- Guidelines for the prevention of endocarditis: report of the Working Party of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC 2006)
Central Nervous System (CNS)
- Guidelines for the early clinical and public health management of bacterial meningitis (including meningococcal disease) (HPSC 2012)
- Bacterial Meningitis (IDSA 2004)
- Encephalitis (IDSA 2008)
- Management of suspected viral encephalitis in children – (Association of British Neurologists and British Paediatric Allergy, Immunology and Infection Group National Guidelines 2012)
- Management of suspected viral encephalitis in adults – (Association of British Neurologists and British Infection Association National Guidelines 2012)
Gastrointestinal (GI)
- Clostridium difficile (IDSA 2010)
- Diarrhea (IDSA 2001)
- Hepatitis B (AASLD 2009)
- Hepatitis C (AASLD 2011)
- Infectious Intestinal Disease: Public Health & Clinical Guidance (HPSC 2012)
Genitourinary (GU)
- Asymptomatic Bacteriuria (IDSA 2005)
- Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (IDSA 2009)
- Guidelines for the Prevention of Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection (HPSC 2011)
- Uncomplicated Cystitis and Pyelonephritis (ESCMID & IDSA 2011)
ntra-Abdominal
- Intra-Abdominal Infections (IDSA 2010)
Immune/Lymphatic System
Lower/Upper Respiratory
- Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) (IDSA 2007)
- Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) (BTS 2009)
- Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (HAP) (IDSA 2005)
- Rhinosinusitis (IDSA, in progress due 2012)
- Streptococcal Pharyngitis (IDSA 2002)
- Guideline for the management of acute sore throat (ESCMID 2012)
- Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) in Infants and Children (IDSA 2011)
Sepsis
- HSE Sepsis Guideline (2014)
- Surviving Sepsis Guideline (2012)
Skeletal (Bones & Joints)
- Italian Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Infectious Disease Management of Osteomyelitis and Prosthetic Joint Infections in Adults (2009)
- Diagnosis and Management of Prosthetic Joint Infections (IDSA, 2012)
- Vertebral Osteomyelitis (IDSA, in progress due 2012)
Skin & Soft Tissue
- Diabetic Foot Infections (IDSA 2012)
- Skin & Soft Tissue Infections (IDSA 2014)