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This guideline covers preventing, identifying and managing latent and active tuberculosis (TB) in children, young people and adults. It aims to improve ways of finding people who have TB in the community and recommends that everyone under 65 with latent TB should be treated. It describes how TB services should be organised, including the role of the TB control board.
This guideline covers preventing infective endocarditis (IE) in children, young people and adults. It focuses on people at increased risk of infective endocarditis undergoing dental, gastrointestinal tract, genitourinary and respiratory tract procedures.
Child maltreatment: when to suspect maltreatment in under 18s (CG89)
This guideline covers the signs of possible child maltreatment in children and young people aged under 18 years. It aims to raise awareness and help health professionals who are not child protection specialists to identify the features of physical, sexual and emotional abuse, neglect and fabricated or induced illness.
Peginterferon alfa and ribavirin for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C (TA200)
Evidence-based recommendations on peginterferon alfa (Pegasys; ViraferonPeg) and ribavirin for treating chronic hepatitis C in adults.
This guideline covers the care of women with a singleton pregnancy at increased risk of, or with symptoms and signs of, preterm labour (before 37 weeks), and women with a singleton pregnancy having a planned preterm birth. It aims to reduce the risks of preterm birth for the baby and describes treatments to prevent or delay early labour and birth.
This guideline covers care before, during and after a planned knee, hip or shoulder replacement. It includes recommendations to ensure that people are given full information about their options for surgery, including anaesthesia. It offers advice for healthcare professionals on surgical procedures and ensuring safety during operations. It also offers guidance on providing support and rehabilitation before and after surgery.
Question Laboratory tests to diagnose initial and ongoing infection and determine re-infection in the different...
Evidence-based recommendations on tixagevimab plus cilgavimab (Evusheld) for preventing COVID-19 in adults.
Question Antifungals to prevent fungal infection during antibiotic treatment for late-onset neonatal infection: What is the...
This guideline covers care for women of any age (including girls and young women under 18) who request an abortion. It aims to improve the organisation of services and make them easier for women to access. Detailed recommendations on conducting abortions at different gestational stages are also included, to ensure that women get the safest and most effective care possible.
Leukomed Sorbact for preventing surgical site infection (MTG55)
Evidence-based recommendations on Leukomed Sorbact for preventing surgical site infection after caesarean section or vascular surgery.
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This guideline covers assessing and managing chronic hepatitis B in children, young people and adults. It aims to improve care for people with hepatitis B by specifying which tests and treatments to use for people of different ages and with different disease severities.
Etanercept, infliximab and adalimumab for the treatment of psoriatic arthritis (TA199)
Evidence-based recommendations on etanercept (Enbrel), infliximab (Remicade) and adalimumab (Humira) for treating active and progressive psoriatic arthritis in adults.
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This quality standard covers the effective use of antimicrobial medicines (including antibiotics) to reduce the risk of antimicrobial resistance, which is when antimicrobial medicines lose their effectiveness. It covers all settings and all types of antimicrobials for treating bacterial, fungal, viral and parasitic infections. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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Sections for QS121
- Quality statements
- Quality statement 1: Advice on self-limiting conditions
- Quality statement 2: Back-up (delayed) prescribing
- Quality statement 3: Recording information
- Quality statement 4: Microbiological samples
- Quality statement 5: Data collection and feedback
- Quality statement 6 (developmental statement): electronic prescribing systems
- Update information
Intravascular catheters for reducing the risk of late-onset neonatal infection: What is the effectiveness of catheters impregnated with...