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The supply of antibiotics by NHS walk-in centre nurses using PGDs
Nicky Brooks1, Frank Durning, Ian Bell
1Division of Primary Care, Loughborough General Hospital, Charnwood and NW Leicestershire Primary Care Trust.
Nursing Times
|March 13, 2003
Abstract:
Patient group directions (PGDs) have become a feature of NHS walk-in centres enabling nurses to supply and administer drugs in response to the generalised direction of a doctor. In light of the issues surrounding the use of antibiotics a clinical audit was undertaken to assess nurses' competence and record-keeping in relation to supplying antibiotics according to PGDs. This study goes some way to demonstrate that nurses are supplying and administering antibiotics judiciously and safely according to local PGDs.