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Aids/HIV, Infected health care workers
Department of Health

Hepatitis C, Infected Health Care Workers
Department of Health

Hepatitis C Strategy for England, August 2002
Department of Health

Guidance on the investigation and management of Occupational Exposure to Hepatitis C
Health Protection Agency

Blood Borne Viruses (BBV) and occupational exposures in HCW
Health Protection Agency

Good Practice Guidelines for Renal Dialysis/Transplantation Units
Department of Health

Guidelines for HIV and Hepatitis B co-infection.
The British HIV Association
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Guidelines for HIV and Hepatitis B co-infection.
The British HIV Association

Post exposures prophalalxis for HIV
Guidance from the UK Chief Medical Officers' Expert Advisory Group on AIDS

Health clearance for serious communicable diseases
New health care workers draft guidance for consultation
Department of Health

Hepatitis B infected health care workers:
Guidance on implementation of Health Service Circular
Department of Health

HBV infected HCW and oral antiviral therapy
July 2004
Department of Health

HIV drug resistance website
UK Collaborative Group on HIV Drug Resistance

Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens Protection against blood-borne infections in the workplace: HIV and Hepatitis

Guidance for Clinical Health Care Workers:
Protection Against Infection with Blood-borne Viruses: Recommendations of the Expert Advisory Group on AIDS and the Advisory Group on Hepatitis

		Immunisation against infectious disease (UK)
		Status of Licensure and Recommendations for New Vaccines (USA)
		Slide Sets Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases (USA)

Hendra Virus and Nipah Virus, Management and Control,
Department of Health

Memorandum on Rabies Prevention and Control
Department of Health

Rabies Infection Guidelines
Department of Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Guidelines for the control of hepatitis A infection
Health Protection Agency

Management of hospital outbreaks of gastro-enteritis due to small round structured viruses
Health Protection Agency

Deliberate Releases (Bio terrorism)
Health Protection Agency

New Influenza Chapter Immunisation Against Infectious Disease. "The Green Book"

New Rabies Chapter Immunisation Against Infectious Disease.

New Poliomyelitis Chapter Immunisation Against Infectious Disease.

Management and control of Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers. Summary of Guidance from the Advisory Comittee on Dangerous Pathogens.
Department of Health

The Identification and Management of Norovirus Infection in Tourists and Leisure Industry. Settings-Guide for NHS Boards and local authorities.

Guidelines relating to the control of Measles.
Control of measles in Ireland. Irish Guidelines - National Disease Surveillance Centre 2002.
Strategies for control of measles in South East Asia Region. World Health Organisation

New Varicella Chapter. Immunisation Against Infectious Disease. "The Green Book"
Department of Health

Chief Medical Officers West Nile Virus Contingency plan
Department of Health

Timing of monoclonal antibody for seasonal RSV prophylaxis in the UK
Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections, London, UK

Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens (ACDP) publications and links

		Immunisation against infectious disease (UK)
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Acute sore throat

Infectious conjunctivitis

Influenza

Chest infections – Adult

Chest infections – Child

Ocular HSV infections

Genital HSV infections

Oral HSV infections

Chickenpox

Shingles

Chlamydial STD infections

Acute gastroenteritis

Smallpox - Deliberate release

Management of Chlamydia trachomatis - extensive guideline also contains information on testing (- includes LGV), re-testing, treatment including in pregnancy. BASHH 2006

Management of Genital Chlamydia trachomatis Infection, March 2000
Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network

Information on Neisseria gonorrhoea testing BASHH/HPA 2010

Information relating to children and young adults BASHH 2010

British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) guidelines

British HIV Association (BHIVA) guidelines

Children's HIV Association guidelines

EC Regulation concerning the establishment of the European centre for disease prevention and control (PDF 84k)

WHO Global Influenza Programme
World Health Organization

European Influenza Surveillance Scheme (EISS)

		Immunisation against infectious disease (UK)
		Status of Licensure and Recommendations for New Vaccines (USA)
		Slide Sets Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases (USA)

Adult Medical Receiving Guide

BMT Patients

GP Guide

GUM Guide

ITU Guide

Obstetrics and Gynaecology Guide

Occupational Health Guide

Department of Health Guidelines

Flu - zanamivir, amantadine and oseltamivir (No. 58)
National Institute for Clinical Excellence

Hepatitis C - alpha interferon and ribavarin (N0 14)
National Institute for Clinical Excellence

Guidelines for the use of antretroviral agents in HIV infected adults and adolescents US Department of Health and Human Services

Laboratory Monitoring of Antiviral Therapy (PDF 188k)

I mmunoglobulin Handbook - Indications and dosage for normal and specific immunoglobulin preparations issued by the Health Protection Agency

Review of antiviral propholaxis and treatment (excluding HIV infection)
(PDF 300k)

Treatment of herpes zoster and post herpatic neuralgia. International Herpes Management Forum.

Treatment of herpes zoster and post herpatic neuralgia.Varicella Zoster Virus Research Foundation.

Draft guidelines for the treatment of HIV infected adults with anti-retroviral drugs. The British HIV Association.

Draft guidelines on provision of adherence support to individuals receiving antiretroviral therapy (2002). The British HIV Association (BHIVA) / Medical Society for the Study of Venereal Diseases (MSSVD).

Post exposures prophalalxis for HIV
Guidance from the UK Chief Medical Officers' Expert Advisory Group on AIDS

British National Formulary - virology section

		Immunisation against infectious disease (UK)
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		Slide Sets Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases (USA)

Guidelines on Use of live attenuated Varicella Vaccine (Varilrix) in immune suppressed patients

Management of Herpes Virus Infections Following Transplantation
(pdf 640k), British Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Guidance on the Management of, and exposure to, Rash Illness in Pregnancy
Health Protection Agency
These guidelines contain up to date information on the screening and management of rash illness in pregnancy. Viral infections infections covered include measles, VZV, erythrovirus B19, and Rubella
Health Protection Agency

Antenatal rubella immunity testing
Department of Health
Management of Genital Herpes in Pregnancy
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Chickenpox in Pregnancy
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Draft standards for antenatal infectious disease screening
Department of Health

HSV infection in pregnancy and the neonate
Scottish Virology Consultants Group Guidelines

Guidelines for the management of HIV in pregnant women and the prevention of mother to child transmission.
The British HIV Association

Screening for infectious diseases in pregnancy:
Standards to support the UK antenatal screening programme
Department of Health

		Immunisation against infectious disease (UK)
		Status of Licensure and Recommendations for New Vaccines (USA)
		Slide Sets Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases (USA)

NHS Immunisation Information

Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation
JCVI HPV vaccine statement

Health Protection Agency: The Immunoglobulin Handbook

The Immunocompromised Traveler: Travelers' Health - Yellow Book
Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta USA

Health information for overseas travel
Department of Health, UK, 2001

BHIVA guidelines for Immunization of HIV-infected adults
2008

HPA Vaccination / Immunisation Page

Vaccines & Immunizations
Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta USA

WHO Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals Website

MMR the facts
An NHS website (no longer being updated)

Institute for Vaccine Safety
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Implementing the Recommendations of the MMR Expert Group
The Scottish Executive

The withdrawal of an oral polio vaccine, July 2002
Department of Health

Immunisation Safety Review: SV40 Contamination of Polio Vaccine and Cancer
US Institute of Medicine

Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices provides updated recommendations on influenza vaccination.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA

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