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Acute hospital guidelines

Surgical antibiotic prophylaxis
Antimicrobial stewardship governance toolkit
Intravenous to oral switch toolkit
Reserve antimicrobials
Measurement and monitoring of antimicrobial stewardship programmes

Guideline for measurement and monitoring of antimicrobial stewardship programmes (PDF, 408 KB, 27 pages)

Data collection tool for measurement and monitoring of antimicrobial stewardship programmes (Excel, 265 KB)

National Antimicrobial Point Prevalence Survey Acute Hospitals

National Antimicrobial Targeted Point Prevalence Survey for Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis Report 2025 (PDF, 1.4 MB, 32 pages)

National Antimicrobial Targeted Point Prevalence Survey for Route of Administration Report 2025 (PDF, 656 KB 24 pages)

National Antimicrobial Targeted Point Prevalence Survey for Route of Administration Protocol 2025 (PDF, 392 KB, 11 pages)

National Antimicrobial Targeted Point Prevalence Survey for Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis Protocol 2025 (PDF, 345 KB, 14 pages)

Antimicrobial Point Prevalence Survey in Acute Hospitals in Ireland 2024 Report (PDF, 1.1 KB, 35 pages)

Antimicrobial Point Prevalence Survey in Acute Hospitals in Ireland 2024 Appendix 2 (PDF, 507 KB, 31 pages)