Antibiotic stewardship tools, audits and other resources
Resources to support antimicrobial stewardship in your practice, including audit templates and tools to support reviewing patients on long term and repeat antibiotics, self assessment checklists, action planning templates and posters and videos for clinical waiting areas.
Version
1.0, November 2021.
Audit toolkits
Use these audit templates to assess your management of infection against current prescribing guidelines developed by National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) / Public Health England (PHE, now UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)). The audits are designed to measure compliance against this guidance. For ease of use, each audit is available in both Microsoft Word and Excel format; the Excel version will automatically calculate your percentage compliance against guidelines.
- Cough Audit V11 (Word)
- Cough Audit V11 (Excel)
- Otitis Media Audit V7.1 (Word)
- Otitis Media Audit V7.1 (Excel)
- Rhinosinusitis Audit V5.2 (Word)
- Rhinosinusitis Audit V5.2 (Excel)
- Sore Throat Audit V11 (Word)
- Sore Throat Audit V11.1 (Excel)
- Non-Catheterised Patients Over 65 V2 (Word)
- Non-Catheterised Patients Over 65 V2.1 (Excel)
- Uncomplicated UTI audit for women under 65 V1 (Word)
- Uncomplicated UTI audit for women under 65 V1 (Excel)
- UTI Audit for Catheterised Patients (Word)
- UTI Audit for Catheterised Patients (Excel)
If you have any comments or feedback please respond to the questionnaire or email TARGETantibiotics@ukhsa.gov.uk.