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Suspected sepsis: recognition, diagnosis and early management (NG51)
This guideline covers the recognition, diagnosis and early management of suspected sepsis. It includes recommendations on recognition and early assessment, initial treatment, escalating care, finding and controlling the source of infection, early monitoring, information and support, and training and education.
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Sections for NG51
- Overview
- Could this be sepsis?
- Face to face assessment
- Under 16s: evaluating risk and managing suspected sepsis
- Pregnant or recently pregnant people: evaluating risk and managing suspected sepsis
- Over 16s (not pregnant or recently pregnant): evaluating risk and managing suspected sepsis
- Antibiotic therapy, intravenous fluid and oxygen
- Finding and controlling the source of infection
This guideline covers identifying, treating and managing depression in people aged 18 and over. It recommends treatments for first episodes of depression and further-line treatments, and provides advice on preventing relapse, and managing chronic depression, psychotic depression and depression with a coexisting diagnosis of personality disorder.
The social care guidance manual
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- 1 Introduction
- 2 The scope
- 3 The Guidance Development Group
- 4 Developing review questions and planning the systematic review
- 5 Identifying the evidence: literature searching and evidence submission
- 6 Reviewing the evidence
- 7 Incorporating economic evaluation
- 8 Linking social care guidance to other NICE guidance
Developing NICE guidelines: the manual
Angela sets out to understand some of the challenges, benefits and considerations of setting up and running a virtual ward, from the perspective of teams on the front lines.
NICE's support for rebuilding capacity in non-COVID health services
Director of our Centre for Guidelines, Paul Chrisp, discusses how NICE can help the NHS and wider care sector restore services most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
Dorothy Hodgkinson from Finding Perspectives discusses the importance of safeguarding adults in care homes
A project to improve care for older people in Wakefield has led to significant reductions in hospital admissions, attendances in A&E and ambulance call outs.
New quality standards to help care homes manage medicines safely and prevent falls in older people
Two new quality standards on managing medicines in care homes and preventing falls will help to improve the quality of care for older people.
New video to support mental wellbeing of older people in care homes quality standard
A new film commissioned by the NICE collaborating centre for social care will help organisations and people use the quality standard on mental wellbeing of older people
NICE calls on care homes to prioritise the oral health of residents
Care home residents should be helped to brush their teeth twice a day, says NICE
Give care home residents a greater say in decisions about their treatment
NICE has called for care home residents to be given the same involvement in decisions about their care and support as those who do not live in care homes.
Be aware of the signs of abuse and neglect in adult care homes, says NICE
Staff and visitors can play a vital role in the identification and prevention of abuse and neglect in care homes for adults says NICE, in a draft guideline published today.
The Department of Health has launched a 12 week consultation to gather views on the topics for NICE's new quality standards and guidance for social care.
Safeguarding in care homes, adoption in looked after children and young people, and support for carers are among social care topics being considered for new NICE guidance and quality standards.
NICE, PHE and SACN publish rapid COVID-19 guidance on vitamin D
NICE, PHE and SACN have today published rapid guidance on vitamin D for COVID-19.
Use NICE quality standards to guide good quality social care, says CQC
Social care services should use NICE guidance and quality standards to help identify and define good quality care, according to the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
In the bag - making moving between hospital and social care better
The introduction of a 'red bag' Hospital Transfer Pathway has helped to improve and speed up the transfer between hospital and care home settings.