Developing standards for practice

An important area of BSAC activity is the development of standards and recommendations for practice for the management of infectious disease.

The following working parties are currently in session, and copies of published working party reports can be accessed here also:

Committee for Antibacterial Drug Discovery and Development
Chair: Professor Laura Piddock

Working Party on Susceptibility Testing
Chair: Robin Howe

Working Party on Resistance Surveillance
Chair: Alasdair MacGowan

Working Party on Endocarditis - CONSULTATION GUIDELINES HERE
Chair: Jonathan Sandoe

Working Party on Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
Chair: David Reeves

Working Party on Appropriate Prescribing (Cochrane Review)
Chair: Erwin Brown

The BSAC OPAT Initiative
Chair: Dilip Nathwani

The Urgent Need: Regenerating Antibacterial Drug Discovery and Development - now dissolved - ACCESS REPORT HERE
Chair: Richard Wise