The infection management service provides advice, support and education to healthcare professionals both in primary and secondary care. Our service is also involved in maintaining antimicrobial guidelines and antimicrobial stewardship programmes.
Weekly clinics
We provide weekly clinics in infectious diseases, viral hepatitis and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
Home-based intravenous antibiotic service
This service is available for people who need to continue intravenous antibiotic therapy at home. The service is provided by:
- infectious disease specialists
- clinical microbiologists
- pharmacists
- laboratory scientists
- infection prevention and control nurses in HIV and viral hepatitis.
The service also works in close relationship with the sexual health service.