Local Guidelines

Antimicrobial Prescribing

• Western Cape Academic Hospitals Antimicrobial Recommendations 2011
• Appropriate use of tigecycline (2010)

HIV & STIs

• Antiretroviral Therapy in Adults & Adolescents (NDOH 2010)
• HIV in children (NDOH 2010)
• Management of HIV-Hepatitis B coinfection 2011
• Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (NDOH 2010)
• Sexually Transmitted Infections (NDOH 2009)

Infectious Diseases

• Community-acquired pneumonia in childhood (SATS 2005)
• Community-acquired pneumonia in adults (SATS 2007)
• Influenza (SATS 2008)
• Influenza Healthcare Workers Handbook (NICD 2011)
• Malaria Prevention (NDOH 2009)
• Malaria Treatment (NDOH 2009)
• Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, SARS (NDOH 2003)
• Upper respiratory tract guidelines (IDSSA 2004)

Microbiology and Infection Control

• Carbapenems – Appropriate use (SAMJ 2004)
• Isolation precautions in hospitals (ICSSA 2001)
• Nosocomial infections– Prevention & Management (FIDSSA 2005)
• Guideline for the optimal use of blood cultures (2010)

Miscellaneous

• Management of Snakebite (2010)