Antimicrobial prescribing guidance and antibiograms

Guidance for community prescribing

For guidance for community prescribing read the 2017 edition of the bpacnz antibiotics guide.

Guidance for hospital prescribing

Regional antimicrobial treatment guidance is available online and via mobile phone applications.

If you work in Northland, Auckland, Waitemata and Counties Manukau District Health Boards (DHBs) regions, you can download the Script App. Note: these links will also take you to the Starship paediatric developed guidance when it is launched.

• Apple
• Android
• Online version - Auckland DHB website.

If you work in Whanganui, Capital & Coast, Wairarapa and Hutt Valley DHB regions, you can download the Empiric App.

• Android

If you work in Waikato, Bay of Plenty and Southern DHB regions, you can download the Microguide App.

• Apple
• Android

If you work in Canterbury, West Coast or South Canterbury DHB regions you can access the Pink Book antimicrobial guidelines.

• Pink Book antimicrobial guidelines

Published antibiograms

See the LabPLUS website for the Annual Cumulative Susceptibility Data for Auckland DHB.

The New Zealand National Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Committee (NZNAC) is publishing regional antibiograms as they become available.

See the NZNAC website for more information about:

• Combined Capital & Coast, Wairarapa and Hutt Valley District Health Board hospitals antibiogram 2016
• Nelson Marlborough Hospital and community antibiogram 2016
• Bay of Plenty hospital and community and Waikato community antibiogram 2016.