Infectious diseases and Microbiology SDL

Alfred ICU Guidelines (see intranet)

• antibiotic guidelines
• blood culture guidelines

Other information (particularly useful for CICM trainees)

• LITFL:
  • Antibacterial resistance
  • Antimicrobial kill characteristics
  • Antimicrobial stewardship
  • Antibiotic timing
  • Hand Hygiene
  • Multi-resistant organisms (MROs)
  • Standard precautions
  • Transmission-based precautions
  • Universal precautions
  • Unresolved sepsis
• SMACC:
  • Antibiotic Arms Race (presentation by Jeff Lipmann at SMACC, 2013)
  • The Dying Traveller (presentation by Steve McGloughlin at smaccGOLD, 2014)
  • Adventures of a Pus Whisperer (presentation by Mark Crislip at SMACC Chicago, 2015)
  • Why don’t we wash our hands? (presentation by Chris Nickson at SMACC Chicago, 2015)
• Hand Hygiene Australia
• Udy AA, Roberts JA, Lipman J. Clinical implications of antibiotic pharmacokinetic principles in the critically ill. Intensive Care Med. 2013;39:(12)2070-82. [pubmed]
• Sepsis and Septic Shock SDL (INTENSIVE)
• Search the LITFL CCC for over 80 ‘infectious diseases’ topics