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UK GUIDELINES FOR
FRCPATH MICROBIOLOGY

UK guidelines are even more critical than books for both FRCPath Microbiology part 1 and 2 exams.

The Greenbook

Definitive UK immunisation guide. Important for vaccine-preventable disease questions and public health scenarios.

Standards for microbiological investigations (SMI)

The SMIs cover the laboratory identification of most common bacteria, parasites and fungi and the processing of different samples. There is a small amount of information of serological testing and also quality assurance which is worth reading. There is more information contained in these than you need, the flow diagrams at the back are a good starting point.

EUCAST guidelines

It is highly unlikely that there won’t be some sort of question on resistance! Know how to identify particularly resistance mechanisms and the expected antibiograms. The Eucast expert rules and documents on laboratory identification are great for this. 

​​UKSHA Public Health guidelines

There are numerous UKSHA guidelines covering different organisms. These are easy things to write questions on in particular post exposure prophylaxis (think viral rash in pregnancy, rabies, meningococcus, pertussis etc) so it is important to be aware of these.

Health Protection Reports

Summaries of any current outbreaks/ incidents of infection relevance.

NICE guidelines

They have recently developed some nice short summaries of their major infection guidelines including UTI management and Lyme disease diagnosis which are worth reading.  The clinical knowledge summaries can also be helpful

HIS guidelines

HIS guidelines and infection control relevant videos 

BASHH guidelines 

​GU medicine excluding HIV 

BHIVA guidelines

HIV guidelines

Health technical memoranda (HTM)

These are not all relevant but the water quality, ventilation, decontamination and waste documents are all useful. Make sure you know all about endoscopes and theatre ventilation.  

Also with particular relevance to endoscopy – prion safety from the ACDP.

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