SAPG reflections on 2023

SAPG proactively updates and creates products to ensure the products are relevant and that they meet the requirements of frontline clinicians and patients in Scotland.

In 2023, SAPG released the following products.

Updated guidance

1. Acne and Rosacea guidance 

2. Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia quality indicators

3. Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia algorithm

4. Guidance on the intravenous use of colistimethate sodium (colistin) in adults

5. Good practice recommendations for surgical antibiotic prophylaxis in adults and children in NHS Scotland

6. Good practice recommendations for redosing antibiotics for surgical prophylaxis in adults

Reviewed guidance

1. Good Practice Recommendations for antifungal stewardship in haemato-oncology

2. Good practice recommendations for use of antibiotics towards the end of life

New guidance

1. Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) good practice prescribing guide

2. Co-trimoxazole in empirical antimicrobial treatment guidance

Updated resources

1. Gentamicin (NHS GG&C)

2. Gentamicin (Hartford)

3. Vancomycin

New resources

1. Resources for the management of children with respiratory tract infections

Content updated Feb 2024