Sepsis; Antibiotic Administration

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Dear St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust,

As part of your trusts clinical response to emergency department sepsis presentations; could you clarify whether antibiotics are administered under Patient group directives (PGD) or prescription only?
Could you also please provide me a copy of your emergency department Sepsis proforma/flowchart/toolkit.

Yours faithfully,

Jordan Gillard

FOIrequests, Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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I wish to acknowledge receipt of your FOI request 269140917 made to St
Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospital NHS Trust Warrington Road, Prescot
Merseyside concerning  Sepsis; Antibiotic Administration           

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Good Morning

 

Please find the attached information from St Helens & Knowsley Teaching
Hospitals NHS Trust, Warrington Road, Prescot, Merseyside in response to
your Freedom of Information request Freedom of Information Request ref
292290917 regarding Haemostat Usage.

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