antibiotic

TARGET Antibiotic Toolkit – Refreshed Patient Leaflets

The RCGP TARGET [Treat Antibiotics Responsibly, Guidance, Education & Tools ] Antibiotic Toolkit has been refreshed and updated in recent […]

FeverPAIN Clinical Score

Public Health England’s management of infection guideline recommends the use of FeverPAIN score in the assessment of acute sore throats.

The score consist of five items:
Fever in last 24 hours
Purulence
Attend rapidly under 3 days
Inflamed tonsils
No cough or coyza

Score 0-1 = 13-18% streptococci, use NO antibiotic strategy
Score 2-3 = 34-40% streptococci, use 3 day back-up antibiotic prescription strategy
Score ≥4 = 62-65% streptococci, use immediate antibiotic if severe, or 48 hour short back-up prescription

Antibiotic Audit Toolkits

TARGET audit toolkits and action planning TARGET have developed a series of audits to assess antibiotic prescribing against national guidelines. […]

Presentations from the NECS Antimicrobial Stewardship Event November 2015

The NECS Medicines Optimisation Team hosted an antimicrobial stewardship event on 19th November 2015, during World Antibiotic Awareness Week and supporting Public Health England’s Antibiotic Guardian campaign. Click here to see presentations from the event.

TARGET Antibiotics Toolkit newsletter

The TARGET newsletter from PHE contains information on the TARGET toolkit, audits, patient information leaflets and national antibiotic prescribing guidance.