Blackrock Clinic Antimicrobial Prescribing Guidelines

Access to Medical Information at the point of care is critical in ensuring safe and effective medical practices. Medical eGuides (MEG) apps provide a way for clinicians to deliver their guidelines, protocols and clinical practice guides to staff members on their own mobile devices. Access to this information at the point of care provides immediate guidance and helps to improve patient outcomes.

The Blackrock Clinic Antimicrobial Prescribing Guidelines are now available in mobile app format for smartphone devices. It includes practical evidence based guidelines on the appropriate use of antimicrobials for empiric antimicrobial treatment and prophylaxis in adult patients by body system, dosing calculators for renal function and for gentamicin and vancomycin dosing and much more. Contact the Pharmacy Department for username and password details.

Features of the app include:

- Hospital specific antimicrobial guidelines

- Excellent design and easy navigation

- Gentamicin and vancomycin dosing algorithms and calculators

- Creatinine Clearance calculator and renal dosing recommendations

- Antibiotic prophylaxis in surgery

- Well illustrated algorithms and tables

- Searchable content

The Medical eGuides (MEG) system provides a way for clinicians to deliver their guidelines, protocols and clinical practice guides to staff members on their own mobile devices. Access to this information at the point of care provides immediate guidance and helps to improve patient outcomes. For more information on the MEG system contact us through the developer links.