Update to Trust antibiotic guidelines for the treatment of hospital acquired pneumonia

December 6, 2018

Due to an acute supply problem, we’re unable to source supplies of co-trimoxazole 480mg in 5ml injection. This is the first line choice for severe hospital acquired pneumonia (HAP) in our respiratory tract infection guidelines.

As a result, the guidelines have been updated to recommend alternative intravenous antibiotics for patients with severe HAP – this change has been made to the Trust guidelines on Connect and on Microguide. Please ensure that the version of Microguide you are using is the most up to date version – version 1.9.

We will continue to monitor our supplies of co-trimoxazole IV and will provide further updates when the situation has normalised.

There are no supply problems with oral preparations of co-trimoxazole and this can continue to be use where recommended in the trust guidelines.

If you have any questions, please contact conor.jamieson@nhs.net or mark.li1@nhs.net.