Management Protocols

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Blood Borne Viruses

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

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New health care workers draft guidance for consultation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 infected HCW
Guidance on Management and Patient Notification

HIV drug resistance website
UK Collaborative Group on HIV Drug Resistance

Information for travellers

American Society of tropical Medicine and Hygiene

National Center for Infectious Diseases: Travellers Health

Vessel Sanitation Program

International Society of travel medicine

Geosentinel

Pan American Health Organisation

Public Health Agency of Canada: Travel Medicine Program

University of Maryland: Travel Medicine

WHO: Disease Outbreak News

WHO international Travel and Health Publication 2007 (PDF 2.9K)

Chapters on Hepatitis A, B, and E in travel associated infection by the Travel and Migrant Health Section (a partner in the National Travel Health and Network Centre)

Management and control of viral infections

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

Management of viral infections in primary care

Prodigy Guidance - Acute sore throat

Prodigy Guidance - Infectious conjunctivitis

Prodigy Guidance - Influenza

Prodigy Guidance - Chest infections

Prodigy Guidance - Ocular HSV infections

Prodigy Guidance - Genital HSV infections

Prodigy Guidance - Oral HSV infections

Prodigy Guidance - Chicken Pox

Prodigy Guidance - Shingles

Prodigy Guidance - Chlamydial STD infections

Prodigy Guidance - Acute gastroenteritis

Prodigy Guidance - Small pox- Deliberate release

Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)

About the MHRA

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Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD)

Information on Chlamydia infections. Department of Health
Management of Genital Chlamydia trachomatis Infection, March 2000
Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network

Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

National Standard Methods: www.hpa-standardmethods.org.uk

Surveillance of viral infections

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)

Targetted Worksheets

Adult Medical Receiving Guide

BMT Patients

GP Guide

GUM Guide

ITU Guide

Obstetrics and Gynaecology Guide

Occupational Health Guide

Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies

Department of Health Guidelines

Treatment of viral infections

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

Viral infections in immunocompromised patients

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

Viral infections in pregnancy

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

Viral vaccines

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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Antiretroviral Resistance Mutations
http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite?page=kb-03

Association of Clinical Pathologists
http://www.pathologists.org.uk

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/

British Medical Association
http://www.bma.org/

The BSE Enquiry Report
http://www.bseinquiry.gov.uk/

The Chief Scientist Office, Scotland
http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite.jsp?doc=2098.474c

Department of Health - Research & Development
http://www.dh.gov.uk/PolicyAndGuidance/ResearchAndDevelopment/fs/en

Department of Health - Health Protection Agency
http://www.hpa.org.uk/

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
http://www.ecdc.eu.int/

The European Vaccine Manufacturers Group
http://www.evm-vaccines.org

European Scientific Working Group on Influenza
http://www.eswi.org

Fleming Forum: The site for Infection
http://www.flemingforum.org.uk/home.asp

Infectious Disease Research Network
http://idrn.org/info.php

International Herpes Management Forum
http://www.ihmf.org

Medical Research Council
http://www.mrc.ac.uk/

National Institutes of Health
http://www.nih.gov/

The Polio Eradication Website
http://www.polioeradication.org

Royal College of Pathologists
http://www.rcpath.org/

The Royal Society
http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/

The Wellcome Trust
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/

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