(ALMOST) ALL THE BACTERIOLOGY YOU NEED TO KNOW

MICROBIOLOGY, INFECTIONS, TREATMENT ANDINFECTION CONTROL•Need to know basic microbiology of common infections to diagnose patients andgive appropriate antimicrobial treatment•Health care related infections are NOT something separate from individual patientinfections, they are patients with health care related infections•Knowledge of the causes of infection, an antimicrobial formulary, and knowledge ofhow infections are transmitted means that we SHOULD be able to reduce thenumber of patients with health care associated infections,•As clinicians, look at HCAI from the view point of patient care, not DH targets orinappropriate bureaucracy.•Health and Social Care Act 2008: You need to be aware of this.Dr Paul Shears WUHT