Antimicrobial Prescribing

The prescribing guidance, formularies, pathways and information on this website have transferred from the predecessor organisations that now form NHS Central East ICB.

Guidance may not be available for all clinical topics or geographic areas. Where guidance is available, it is clearly identified as applying to Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes (BLMK), Cambridgeshire and Peterborough (C&P), Hertfordshire or Central East (CE).

Guidance labelled Central East (CE) has been harmonised and approved for use across NHS Central East ICB. Where CE guidance is not available, local arrangements for BLMK, C&P or Hertfordshire remain in place.

For Hertfordshire prescribing guidance, please visit: www.hweclinicalguidance.nhs.uk

C. Difficile

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

Management of C. Difficile Infection (CDI) – Prescribing Guidance (pdf)

Chronic Lung Disease

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

Macrolides for the prophylaxis of exacerbations of chronic lung disease – Prescribing Support Document (pdf)

Endocarditis

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

Preventing infective endocarditis warning card (PI 229): Royal Papworth Hospital (pdf)

Fluoroquinolones

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

Fluoroquinolone (FQ) Usage – Prescribing Guidance (pdf)

Fluoroquinolone antibiotics – Patient Information Leaflet (pdf)

Managing common infections

Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes

Antimicrobials in Primary Care – Prescribing Guidance (pdf)

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

Summary of antimicrobial prescribing and managing common infections – Prescribing Guidance (pdf)

Non-Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis

Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes

Use of nebulised Colistimethate sodium, nebulised Gentamicin and nebulised Tobramycin as Antibiotic Prophylaxis to prevent exacerbations of Non- Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis in Adult Patients – Prescribing Guidance (pdf)

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

Inhaled Colistimethate sodium for the treatment of lung infections in non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis – Shared Care Guidance (Royal Papworth Hospital) (pdf)

Inhaled Colistimethate sodium (nebulised) for the treatment of lung infections of non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis – Shared Care Guidance (pdf)

Gentamicin for nebulisation – Shared Care Guidance (pdf)

Gentamicin for Nebulisation – Shared Care Guidance (Royal Papworth Hospital) (pdf)

Urinary Tract Infections (UTI)

Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes

Summary of Management of Recurrent lower Urinary Tract Infections in Adults – Prescribing Guidance (pdf)

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

Management of Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections in Adults – Prescribing Guidance (pdf)