16 Wound Management
| First line drugs | Second line drugs | Specialist drugs | Secondary care drugs |
| Recommended in both primary and secondary care | Alternatives (often in specific conditions) in both primary and secondary care; | Where a specialist input is needed (see introduction for definition) | Prescribing principally within secondary care only |
Traffic light status (TLS) explained:
- Green: Routine prescribing within licensed indication
- Amber 1: specialist recommendation followed by GP initiation and continuation
- Amber 2: specialist or GP initiation in line with local guideline after 1st line failure followed by GP continuation
- Amber 3: specialist initiation and stabilisation followed by GP continuation
- Amber SCG: specialist initiation and stabilisation followed by GP continuation in line with an agreed shared care guideline
- Red: Hospital or specialist prescribing only
- Double Red: These medicines have been evaluated and rejected by MKPAG and are NOT approved for use within MK. They are not recommended for use because of lack of clinical effectiveness, cost effectiveness or safety.
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Other antimicrobials
Octenilin
- Wound Gel 20mL
Note:
- For Hospital prescribing only on Tissue Viability Nurse (TVN) recommendation
Irrigation Fluid
Octenilin
- Wound irrigation solution 350mL
Note:
- For Hospital prescribing only on Tissue Viability Nurse (TVN) recommendation.
Last updated by: Dupe Fagbenro on 17-01-2019 13:27
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