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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

• Splenectomy (BCSH 2011)

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)