There is no single library where all national guidelines are kept. Guidelines are often set by professional associations and experts in their clinical fields. The following are those considered important for microbiology purposes.
We will endeavour to keep this list up-to-dated with new guidelines as they become available, however it may not be possible.
NB The journals where these guidelines are published may not be freely available.
Infection Control Guidelines
Antibiotic Guidelines
Clinical Scenarios & Emergencies Guidelines
Useful websites
Sources of Information, Guidelines and Further Reading
We will endeavour to keep this list up-to-dated with new guidelines as they become available, however it may not be possible.
NB The journals where these guidelines are published may not be freely available.
Infection Control Guidelines
- Clostridium difficile infection objectives for NHS organisations in 2014/2015 and guidance on sanction implementation. NHS England 2014
- Updated guidance on the management and treatment of Clostridium difficile infection. Public Health England 2013
- Updated guidance on the diagnosis and reporting of Clostridium difficile. Department of Health UK 2012
- Acute trust toolkit for the early detection, management and control of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae. Public Health England 2013
- UK guideline for the use of Post-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV following sexual exposure (2011). British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH), International Journal of STD & AIDS 2011; 22: 695-708
- HIV Post-Exposure Prophylaxis: Guidance from the UK Chief Medical Officers’ Expert Advisory Group on AIDS. Department of Health 2008
- Management of Hazard Group 4 viral haemorrhagic fevers and similar human infectious diseases of high consequence. Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens, Department of Health UK. 2015
Antibiotic Guidelines
- Antibiotic duration and timing of the switch from intravenous to oral route for bacterial infections in children: systematic review and guidelines. McMullan B, Andresen D, Blyth C, et al. The Lancet Infectious Diseases 2016; 16: e139-152
Clinical Scenarios & Emergencies Guidelines
- Guidelines for the management of community acquired pneumonia in adults: update 2009. British Thoracic Society, Thorax, Oct 2009, Vol. 64; Supplement III
- Pneumonia in adults: diagnosis and management, clinical guideline 191. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence 2014
- Guidelines for the management of hospital-acquired pneumonia in the UK: report of the Working Party on Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2008; 62: 5-34
- Clinical diagnosis and management of tuberculosis, and measures for its prevention and control: clinical guideline 117. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence 2011
- UK National Guideline for the Management of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease 2001. British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH)
- UK national guideline for the management of gonorrhoea in adults, 2011. British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH), International Journal of STD & AIDS 2011; 22: 541-547
- 2006 UK National Guideline for the Management of Genital Tract Infection with Chlamydia trachomatis. British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH)
- UK national guidelines on the management of syphilis 2015. International Journal of STD & AIDS 2015; 27: 421-446
- Diagnosis and Management of Prosthetic Joint Infection: Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America, Osmon D, Berbari E, Berendt A et al. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2013; 56: 1-25
- 2012 Infectious Diseases Society of America Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diabetic Foot Infections. Lipsky B, Berendt A, Cornia P et al. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2012; 54: 132-173
- Guidelines for the diagnosis and antibiotic treatment of endocarditis in adults: a report of the Working Party of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. Gould F, Denning D, Elliott T, et al. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2012; 67: 269-289
- Fever in returned travellers presenting in the United Kingdom: Recommendations for investigation and initial management. Johnston V, Stockley J, Dockrell D, et al. Journal of Infection 2009; 59: 1-18
- UK malaria treatment guidelines. Lalloo D, Shingadia D, Bell D, et al. Journal of Infection 2016; 72: 635-649
- Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International guidelines for the management of severe sepsis and septic shock: 2016. Rhodes A, Evans L, Alhazzani W, et al. Critical Care Medicine 2017; 45 (3): 486-552
- Antibiotics for early-onset neonatal infection: clinical guideline 149. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence 2012
- Sexually transmitted infections in primary care 2nd edition. Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH), 2013
- British HIV Association and British Infection Association guidelines for the treatment of opportunistic infection in HIV-seropositive individuals 2011. British HIV Association (BHIVA)
- National Early Warning Score (NEWS) Standardising the assessment of acute-illness severity in the NHS, Royal College of Physicians 2012
- The UK joint specialist society’s guideline on the diagnosis and management of acute meningitis and meningococcal sepsis in immunocompetent adults. McGill F, Heyderman R, Michael B, et al. Journal of Infection 2016; 72: 405-438
- Lyme disease, NICE guideline 95. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence 11th April 2018
- American College of Gastroenterology Guideline: Management of Acute Pancreatitis. Tenner S, Baillie J, DeWitt J, et al. Am J Gastro July 2013
Useful websites
- Infectious Diseases Society of America, www.idsociety.org
- British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, www.bsac.org.uk
- The Hospital Infection Society, www.his.org.uk
- British Infection Association www.britishinfection.org
- Learn Infection (British Infection Association) www.learninfection.org.uk
- Surviving Sepsis Campaign www.survivingsepsis.org
- Meningitis Research Foundation www.meningitis.org
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence www.nice.org.uk
Sources of Information, Guidelines and Further Reading
- EUCAST Disk Diffusion Method for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Version 6.0 January 2017
- British National Formulary (BNF) www.bnf.org
- British National Formulary for Children (cBNF)
- Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 8th edition. Saunders, 2014
- The Renal Drug Handbook, 5th edition. Ashley C, Dunleavy A. CRC Press, 2018
- Control of Communicable Diseases Manual, 20th edition. Heymann D. American Public Health Association, 2014
- Immunisation Against Infectious Disease, Salisbury D, Ramsay M. Department of Health, 2006
- The Flesh and Bones of Medical Microbiology. Guyot A, Schelenz S, Myint S, Mosby, 2010