RCSI Antimicrobial Guidelines
RCSI Hospitals Guidelines
Free · Designed for iPad
Access to Medical Information at the point of care is critical in ensuring safe and effective medical practices. MEG Guideline 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 Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Hospital Group (RCSI HG) Antimicrobial Prescribing Guidelines are now available in mobile app format for smartphone devices. It includes guidelines for: Connolly Hospital, Rotunda Hospital, Cavan Monaghan Hospital and Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda.
It includes practical evidence based guidelines on the appropriate use of antimicrobials, empiric antimicrobial treatment and prophylaxis recommendations for adult and paediatric patients by body system, links to dosing calculators for gentamicin and vancomycin, and much more. Contact the Antimicrobial Stewardship Team in each hospital for username and password details.
Features of the app include:
• Hospital specific antimicrobial guidelines
• Excellent design and easy navigation
• Gentamicin & vancomycin dosing algorithms/ calculators
• Renal dosing of antimicrobials
• Antibiotic prophylaxis in surgery
• Antimicrobial stewardship recommendations
• Well illustrated algorithms and tables
• Searchable content
For more information on the MEG system contact us through the developer links
Ratings & Reviews
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
The developer, Medical EGuides, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Medical EGuides
- Size
- 15.3 MB
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 13.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 13.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Languages
English and 2 more
- English, French, Polish
- Age Rating
16+
- 16+
- Frequent
Medical Treatment information
Infrequent
Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References
- Copyright
- © RCSI 2014