Ebook Info
- Published: 2022
- Number of pages: 424
- Format: PDF
- File Size: 6.48 MB
- Authors: WHO
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The aim of the Handbook is to provide short, clinical guidance on the management of common 8 infections, including recommendations for empiric antibiotic treatment at the first clinical 9 presentation and when a “No antibiotic” approach is appropriate. Guidance is given on the choice 10 of antibiotics that should be used to treat the most likely bacterial pathogens causing each 11 infection in adults and children, the dosage and treatment duration. 12 The Handbook is intended for all health care workers who prescribe and dispense antibiotics in 13 high-, middle- and low-income settings in both the primary health care and the facility/hospital 14 setting. It aims to complement WHO’s Policy Guidance on Integrated Stewardship Activities and 15 the Toolkit for health care facilities in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) (2). The 16 Handbook is not intended to replace existing local and national antibiotic prescribing guidelines 17 and clinical judgment, but to provide simple guidance where currently none is available.
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