Lancashire and South Cumbria
Formulary
5 Infections
This chapter of the formulary has not been published, please use local guidelines.
For more information about the formulary development process, please see:
https://www.lancsmmg.nhs.uk/lancashire-and-south-cumbria-icb-formulary-development/
The formulary development team can be contacted here:
mlcsu.lscformulary@nhs.net
05-02-04 Echinocandin antifungals
Links
Central Lancashire/LSCFT/Morecambe Bay Primary Care: NICE Summary of antimicrobial prescribing guidance - managing common infections
East Lancashire Primary Care: Antimicrobial guide primary care
East Lancashire Secondary Care: Antimicrobial guide secondary care
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Secondary Care: Tap on the bugs app (App store)
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Secondary Care: Tap on the bugs app (Google)
MHRA Drug Safety Update July 2018: Parenteral amphotericin B: reminder of risk of potentially fatal adverse reaction if formulations confused
MHRA Drug Safety Update July 2020: Liposomal and lipid-complex formulations: name change to reduce medication errors
MHRA Drug Safety Update Oct 2020: Flucytosine (Ancotil): new contraindication in patients with DPD deficiency
MHRA Drug Safety Update Sept 2016: Posaconazole (Noxafil): tablets and oral suspension are not directly interchangeable
MHRA Drug Safety Update:Voriconazole Dec 2014: reminder of risk of liver toxicity, phototoxicity, and squamous cell carcinoma
Mycamine (micafungin) Prescriber Checklist
NG199: Clostridioides difficile infection: antimicrobial prescribing
NICE NG138: Pneumonia (community-acquired): antimicrobial prescribing
NICE NG139: Pneumonia (hospital-acquired): antimicrobial prescribing
NICE NG141: Cellulitis and erysipelas: antimicrobial prescribing
NICE NG224:Urinary tract infection in under 16s: diagnosis and management
NICE NG50: Cirrhosis in over 16s: assessment and management
NICE NG51: Sepsis: recognition, diagnosis and early management
NICE NG78: Cystic fibrosis: diagnosis and management
NPSA alert on injectable amphotericin
NPSA Rapid response report - Non-lipid and lipid formulations of injectable amphotericin
West Lancashire Primary Care: Pan Mersey antimicrobial guide
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