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    • Networking events
      • SAPG celebrates 15 years
    • Minutes of meetings
    • Latest updates
      • SAPG reflections on 2024
      • Media release: Expert warns of the dangers of using old antibiotics
      • SAPG@15 Event
      • SAPG reflections on 2023
      • Commonwealth Partnerships for Antimicrobial Stewardship (CwPAMS)
      • SAPG reflections on 2022
  • Guidance & QI Tools
    • Antimicrobial-specific guidance
      • Aminoglycoside use in empirical prescribing guidelines
      • Chloramphenicol prescribing in adult patients - consensus guidance
      • Guidance on the intravenous use of colistimethate sodium (colistin) in adults
      • Gentamicin (5mg/kg)
      • Gentamicin - Hartford (7mg/kg)
      • Vancomycin
      • Statement on updated MHRA fluoroquinolone advice
    • Infection-specific guidance
      • Acne and rosacea
      • Clostridioides difficile (C.diff) infection (CDI)
      • Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia (SAB)
      • Urinary tract infections (UTIs)
      • Neutropenic sepsis and febrile neutropenia
    • Good practice recommendations
      • Antimicrobial use in frail older people
      • Antibiotics towards the end of life
      • Antifungals
      • Care homes
      • Hospital antimicrobial stewardship
      • Surgical prophylaxis
    • Dental stewardship
    • Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT)
    • Paediatric stewardship
      • Resources for the management of children with respiratory tract infections
      • Antimicrobial management of Clostridioides difficile (C.diff) Infection (CDI) in children
    • Information for patients and non-clinical staff
    • Quality improvement tools
      • GP audit tool
      • Hospital Antibiotic Review Programme (HARP)
      • Penicillin Allergy De-labelling
      • Scottish Reduction in Antimicrobial Prescribing (ScRAP)
      • Setting up Vision defaults
    • Guidance from other organisations
    • Right Decision Service App - Antimicrobial guidance
  • Publications
    • 2020 to date
    • 2011-2019
    • Ghana partnership
    • Other reports
  • Education Resources
    • Antibiotic Awareness
      • World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW)
      • Keep Antibiotics Working
  • Surveillance & informatics

Safeguarding antibiotics for Scotland, now and for the future  

We work with NHS boards across health and care settings in Scotland to improve antibiotic use, to optimise patient outcomes and to minimise harm to individuals and to wider society.

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Guidance and QI Tools

We support staff across primary, social care and hospital settings to improve infection management and the use of antibiotics.

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Surveillance and informatics

We have developed robust information and surveillance systems to measure prescribing and its impact on antimicrobial resistance.

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Education Resources

Ongoing education around antimicrobial stewardship for staff across health and care settings is a key part of our work.

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