References: Secondary Care Antimicrobial Guidance for AMTs in NHS Scotland

References 

  1. Scottish Government (2014). Scottish Management of Antimicrobial Resistance Action Plan [ScotMARAP] 2014-2018. Accessed online 21/07/2025
  2. HM Government (2024). UK 5-year action plan for antimicrobial resistance 2024 to 2029 - GOV.UK. Accessed 21/07/2025.  
  3. British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (2025). Global Antimicrobial Stewardship Accreditation Scheme. Accessed online 21/07/2025 
  4. Rights Decision Service (2025). Vancomycin and gentamicin calculators used by individual NHS Boards. Accessed 26/07/25 
  5. Scottish Antimicrobial Prescribing Group (2025). SAPG guidance and quality improvement (QI) tools. Accessed online 26/07/25 
  6. Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (2022). Statement on the initial antimicrobial treatment of sepsis. Accessed online 26/07/25  
  7. Health Protection Scotland (2024). Guidance on prevention and control of Clostridioides difficile Infection (CDI) in community-based settings in Scotland. Accessed online 21/07/2025
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  9. Scottish Antimicrobial Prescribing Group (2024). Guidance on initial antibiotic management of adults (18 years and over) with febrile neutropenia OR immunocompromised with sepsis of unknown source. Accessed online 21/07/2025 
  10. Scottish Antimicrobial Prescribing Group (2021). Guidance: penicillin allergy de-labelling. (Currently under review). Accessed online 21/07/25 
  11. Lee, R. A., Stripling, J. T., Spellberg, B., & Centor, R. M. (2023). Short-course antibiotics for common infections: what do we know and where do we go from here?. Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 29(2), 150–159.  
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  13. British Society for antimicrobial chemotherapy (BSAC) (2019). Updated good practice recommendations for outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) in adults and children in the UK. Accessed online 25/07/25 
  14. Scottish Health Technologies Group (SHTG) (2021). Recommendation on outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT). Accessed online 26/07/25 
  15. Scottish Antimicrobial Prescribing Group (2024) Local surveillance of antimicrobial use: framework for Antimicrobial Management Teams. Accessed online 21/07/2025  

 

Content updated: March 2026