Compiled by IPRO HQIC
Urinary Tract Infection
UTI Guideline-6.9.21.pdf (mi-hms.org)
UTI.Complicated.Protocol.pdf (umich.edu)
clinicpath-nm-updated-uti-guidance_final-1.pdf (unmc.edu)
Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (ahrq.gov)
Urinary Tract Infections – Adult (umich.edu)
Toolkit for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (ahrq.gov)
Appendix K. Infographic Poster on CAUTI Prevention (ahrq.gov)
Clinical-Pearl-Single-dose-Aminoglycosides-for-Cystitis-1.17.23.docx.pdf (kymdro.org)
Staphylococcus-aureus-in-urine-culture-4.26.23.pdf (kymdro.org)
Clinical-Pearl-Aminopenicillins-for-Enterococcus-cystitis-7.19.23.docx.pdf (kymdro.org)
Skin and Soft Tissue Infection
Cellulitis: Information for Clinicians (CDC)
IDSA Skin & Soft Tissue guidelines 2014
AAFP patient education materials
SHC Clinical Guideline: Outpatient Management of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
Prophylaxis/SSI
Additional guidelines (all adapted from consensus guidelines):
ASHP Clinical Practice Guidelines for Prophylaxis in Surgery.
Stanford Health Care- Surgical Prophylaxis Guidelines
University of Michigan- Surgical Prophylaxis Guidelines
University of California San Francisco- Surgical Prophylaxis Guidelines
ICHE Compendium 2022- Updated Surgical Site Infection Prevention Compendium
IV to PO Conversion
Article – Intravenous-to-Oral Switch Therapy: Overview, Antibiotics, Antidepressants (medscape.com)
Article – (2023) – Switching patients from IV to oral antimicrobials – The Pharmaceutical Journal (pharmaceutical-journal.com) (from the UK)
Guidelines
Galway Antimicrobial Prescribing Policy / Guidelines (GAPP) – Galway: GAPP (megsupporttools.com)
(2018) Intravenous to Oral Conversion for Antimicrobials (northernhealth.ca)
SHC-IV-to-PO-Interchange-Protocol.pdf (stanford.edu)
A Resource To Help With Changing From IV To PO Antibiotics (idstewardship.com)
Public Health Ontario: https://www.publichealthontario.ca/-/media/documents/A/2016/asp-iv-oral-conversion.pdf
C Difficile
Clinical-Pearl-CDI-Risk-2.8.23.pdf (kymdro.org)
CDI Prevention Strategies- https://www.cdc.gov/cdiff/clinicians/cdi-prevention-strategies.html
MN Department of Health C difficile guidelines https://www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/cdiff/hcp/guidelines.html
UC Davis Guidelines 2021 https://health.ucdavis.edu/antibiotic-stewardship/pdfs/cdi_tx_ucd.pdf
University of Nebraska 2021 https://www.unmc.edu/intmed/_documents/id/asp/clinicpath-cdi_final.pdf
UNC Medical Center 2022 https://www.med.unc.edu/pediatrics/cccp/wp-content/uploads/sites/1156/gravity_forms/1-c06e424ddddee8826f29e1bc5926a251/2022/11/CASP-UNCMC-CDI-Guideline_FINAL.pdf
AHRQ Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of C difficile 2019
Management of C difficile in adults: review and comparison of IDSA/SHEA, ESCMID and ASID guidelines
IDSA C difficile clinical practice guidelines in adults: 2021 Update by SHEA/IDSA