Clinical Pathways

Antibiotic Catheter Locks

• Guidelines for the Management of Intravascular Catheter-related Infections
• Antibiotic Catheter Lock Algorithm

Antimicrobial Surgical Prophylaxis

• Protocol, dosing tables, and form

Clostridium difficile-associated Disease (CDAD)

Designated Units (those with a higher than normal incidence of CDAD as designted by Healthcare Epidemiology)

• Management Algorithm
• Environmental Services Cleaning Protocol

General Population

• Management Algorithm

Pneumonia Information

• Pneumonia Order Set
• CAP Pathway
• Nosocomial Pneumonia Pathway

Sepsis Information

• ER Sepsis Algorithm
• Adult Severe Sepsis Bundle Orders
• Sepsis Bundle: Antibiotic Selection Clinical Pathway
• Attachments to Sepsis Orders
• Drotrecogin Screening Tool (Xigris)
• Drotrecogin Order Form (Xigris)

Soft Tissue Infections

• Institutional guidelines for treatment of skin and soft tissue infections
• IDSA Practice Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections