Scottish Management of Antimicrobial Resistance Action Plan 2014-18 (ScotMARAP2)

Glossary of Abbreviations

ADTC Area Drug and Therapeutics Committee

AMIDS Antimicrobial integrated resistance and usage database for Scotland

AMR Antimicrobial resistance

AMT Antimicrobial Management Team

ASAP Association of Scottish Antimicrobial Pharmacists

CDI Clostridium difficile infection

DDD Defined daily dose

ECDC European Centre for Disease Control

HAI Healthcare Associated infection

HEAT Health improvement, Efficiency, Access and Treatment

HEI Healthcare Environment Inspectorate

HIS Healthcare Improvement Scotland

HMUD Hospital Medicines Utilisation Database

HPS Health Protection Scotland

IIP Infection Intelligence Platform

IPCT Infection Prevention and Control Team

ISD Information Services Division

MDRGNB Multi drug resistant Gram negative bacteria

NES NHS Education for Scotland

NSS National Services Scotland

PHI Public Health and Intelligence

PIS Prescribing Information System

PRISMS Prescribing Information System for Scotland

SAB Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia

SAPG Scottish Antimicrobial Prescribing Group

ScotMARAP Scottish Management of Antimicrobial Resistance Action Plan

SHC Scottish Health Council

SIGN Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network

SMC Scottish Medicines Consortium

SMVN Scottish Microbiology and Virology Network

SPSP Scottish Patient Safety Programme

SSI Surgical site infection