Clinical Microbiology is the study of infectious diseases affecting humans. Medical Microbiology Departments provide a wide range of facilities to assist in the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases caused by bacteria, viruses, parasites and fungi. Reference services are distributed throughout the UK for less common infections.
Medical Microbiologists are doctors that are specialists in the diagnosis and management of infectious diseases. They work in hospitals, in laboratories and may have clinics of their own. They give advice about the selection of appropriate investigations, contribute to the management of the diagnostic microbiology facilities and make important decisions about the interpretation of laboratory results. They are often involved in helping their clinical colleagues, both in hospital and general practice, make decisions about the management and treatment of patients with infections. They also have an important role in the prevention and controlling spread of infections in hospitals and in the community and the monitoring of the epidemiology of infectious diseases. Some departments and consultants specialise in one or other of the branches of the specialty, i.e. Virology, parasitology, mycology. A number of microbiologists are now specialising as infection control doctors.
Microbiology Committee Dr MS Morgan (Chair) Elected members Trainee members’ representative Honorary Officers ex officio Additionally, Council members who attend this specialty committee are:-
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Microbiology powerpoint presentations given at 2008 NSM
Clinical diagnosis - how microbiology can help or complicate it -
an infectious diseases perspective (Dr V Chmelik)
Antibiotic stewardship and prevention of antimocrobial resistance in Czech hospitals (Dr V Jindrak)
Diagnosis of community acquired atypical pneumonia in the Czech Republic (Dr E Zampachova)
Dr George requests that this document is not updated because it contains estimates of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine efficacy in the population of England and Wales at a single point in time and these estimates will change over time as more cases accumulate in the surveillance system. Thus it should not be used as an authoritative source of information on vaccine effectiveness and efficacy information. |
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Haematological and immunological aspects of invasive fungal infection in leukaemia (Dr C Poynton)
Microbiology powerpoint presentations given at 2007 NSM
Antibiotic and latex allergy (Dr A Croom)
Immunomodulatory therapy (Professor G S Panayi)
Asplenia and infection (Dr G Spickett)
Microbiology powerpoint presentations given at 2006 ISM Prague
Hepatitis C: Disease Burden and Management Strategies for 2006 (Professor G R Foster)
Invasive meningococcal disease: still challenging (Dr P Krizova)
Viral infections in immunocomprised patients (Dr A Turner)
Yeasts - What's brewing? (Dr A Galloway)
Treatment of invasive fungal infection in the immunocompromised patient (Dr A Glasmacher)
Enterovirus - an underestimated infection (Dr E Zampachova)
Microbiology powerpoint presentations given at 2005 NSM
Control of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (Dr C Taylor)
Infection control aspects of VRE (Dr Miles Denton)
Microbiology powerpoint presentations given at 2004 NSM
Trends in treatments of fungal infections (Dr G Jackson)
Smart working for Microbiologists (Dr T Riordan)
Antibacterial agents v.Gram positive bacteria (Dr D Livermore)
Links which may be of interest to Microbiologists
1. Policies, guidelines
Guidelines for the prophylaxis and treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in the UK Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Advance web publication February 27 2006 < http://jac.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/dkl017v1 >
< http://www.nelm.nhs.uk/Record%20Viewing/viewRecord.aspx?id=561368 >
Hand hygiene
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr5116.pdf
Guidance on glove usage during phlebotomy. To be found in Guidance for Clinical Health Care Workers – Protection against Blood Born Viruses
http://www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/01/44/74/04014474.pdf
Guidelines for cleaning fibreoptic laryngoscopes
http://www.entuk.org/publications/
C diff CMO CNO letter http://www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/12/55/23/04125523.pdf
C diff report
http://www.hpa.org.uk/infections/topics_az/clostridium_difficile/InterimReport05.pdf
Pandemic Influenza 16 th December 2005 HTML version – Browsable http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200506/ldselect/ldsctech/88/8802.htm Pdf version: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200506/ldselect/ldsctech/88/88.pdf 11.
1. Full avian influenza guidance see www.hpa.org.uk/infections/topics_az/avianinfluenza/guidelines.htm
2. Includes the possibility of a long incubation and late presentation
3. For current zones see www.hpa.org.uk/infections/topics_az/avianinfluenza/situation_update.htm
4. FFP3 standard masks, see HSE guidelines for SARS: www.hse.gov.uk/lau/lacs/68-7.htm#Appendix%204
5. For Ambulance infection control guidelines see: http://www.asa.uk.net/document_archive/section10.pdf
6. If negative pressure facilities are unavailable an isolation room can be set up in accordance with WHO guidance.
Transferring patients for this reason alone is not advised www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/guidelines/infectioncontrol/en
7. HSE guidelines www.hse.gov.uk/biosafety/diseases/avianflu.htm
8. Microbiological guidelines: http://www.hpa.org.uk/infections/topics_az/avianinfluenza/guidance/microbiological_guidance.htm
Revised Documents Concerning CJD http://www.hpa.org.uk/infections/topics_az/cjd/framework_Aug%202005.pdf
Comprehensive information can be found on: http://www.hpa.org.uk/infections/topics_az/cjd/incidents_panel.htm
Advice for clinicians and reporting procedures can be found on: http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/guidance.htm
2. Employment
flexible working / working part time
http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/professional/flexible/index.htm#2
http://www.nhscareers.nhs.uk/nhs-knowledge_base/data/5455.html
http://www.londondeanery.ac.uk/spectraining/flexible/advice.asp
3. Organisations
Department for the Environment, Food and rural affairs
Website www.defra.gov.uk
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
www.escmid.org
International Union Against TB and Lung Disease
http://www.iuatld.org
Infection Control Nurses Association
http://www.icna.co.uk/default.asp
The John Snow Society
http://www.johnsnowsociety.org.uk
see also http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5334a1.htm
The Royal College of Nursing www.rcn.org.uk
The Royal College of Surgeons www.rcseng.ac.uk
Unison www.unison.org.uk
Department of Health www.dh.gov.uk
National programme for IT www.npfit.nhs.uk
NHS Careers www.nhscareers.nhs.uk
NHS direct www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk
NHS Organisation Search click here
This allows you to put in a postcode, and it will tell you which SHA, PCT and local authority it falls in to.
NHS E-mail address http://nww.abs.nhs.uk
Healthcare Commission www.healthcarecommission.org.uk
National Clinical Assessment Authority www.ncaa.nhs.uk
Online Medical Dictionary www.medicalonline.com.au
GenePool - the NLH Specialist Library for Clinical Genetics http://libraries.nelh.nhs.uk/genepool
National Institute for Clinical Excellence www.nice.org.uk
NHS Confederation www.nhsconfed.net
Acronym buster - A-Z of NHS terms and terminology www.nhsconfed.org/glossary
Nursing and Midwifery Council www.nmc-uk.org
The Kings Fund www.kingsfund.org.uk
4. Wide NHS issues
Pathology Service Improvement
Modernising Pathology Services www.pathologyimprovement.nhs.uk
Modernising Pathology Services If you want to know what's going on go to the following links
http://www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/09/35/97/04093597.pdf http://www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/12/03/31/04120331.pdf http://www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/12/35/69/04123569.pdf http://www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/11/97/78/04119778.pdf www.dh.gov.uk/PolicyAndGuidance/OrganisationPolicy/SecondaryCare/PathologyModernisationProgramme/fs/en
This last link takes you to a general page – go to “papers and publications” at bottom of page for a comprehensive list of documents on this subject and key initiatives in various regions.
Surveillance of MRSA Bacteraemias http://www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/11/25/90/04112590.pdf
5. Journals
Morbidity and mortality weekly report
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/
CDR Weekly < http://www.hpa.org.uk/cdr >
Journal of Hospital Infection : http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01956701 |
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Patient information leaflet Q and A (ESBLs)
http://www.hpa.org.uk/infections/topics_az/esbl/q_and_a.htm
Department of Health leaflet ‘ MRSA-What Nursing and Residential Homes Need to Know' . Available from Department of Health website http://www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/07/63/51/04076351.PDF
British Medical Journal www.bmj.com
Health Service Journal www.hsj.co.uk
The Lancet www.thelancet.com
The Nursing Times www.nursingtimes.net
The Nursing Standard www.nursing-standard.co.uk
