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The Medical Microbiology and Virology Consultants are part of the Infection Care Group and work alongside their Consultant Infectious Diseases Colleagues

Clinical activities of the Consultant Medical Microbiologists include:

  • Advice to hospital medical staff and GPs on the tests available to detect infection.
  • Advice and guidance on treatment of infections
  • Infection prevention and Control
  • Regular ward rounds on intensive care units
  • Antimicrobial Stewardship
  • Multidisciplinary team meetings
  • Bedside consultations for complex infections
  • Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) Service

These clinical services have now merged with the Clinical Infection Unit to form the Infection Care Group.

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