Infection Consults - how to access help
For further advice contact:
Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
Consult requests should be made via EPR. Go to "Communicate", search pools for "Infection Advice" and select service (based on the location of the patient)
E-consult sent after 4pm may not be dealt with until the next working day. For urgent queries, Infection registrars can be contacted by bleep:
- John Warin Ward/Infectious Diseases #5885
- John Radcliffe Consults #4076
- John Radcliffe Lab/Microbiology #4077
- West Wing & Trauma Consults #4075
- Churchill Consults #5039
- Horton Infectious Diseases #9799
- Paediatric Infectious Diseases #4374
Note after 9pm, all calls to Micro/ID should be approved by Hospitals at night RMO (except needlesticks and transplant work ups)
Infection Prevention and Control team
Monday-Friday 8:30am - 5pm: Bleep 1747
Saturday and Sunday 9am to 4pm: Bleep 1747
For IPC advice across all sites after 5pm: Contact the on-call microbiologist via switchboard
For non urgent enquiries: infectionpreventionandcontrol@ouh.nhs.uk
Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacy team
Monday-Saturday 9am to 5pm: Bleep 1549
For non urgent enquiries: antimicrobialpharmacist@ouh.nhs.uk
Infectious Diseases Pharmacy team
John Warin Ward pharmacists: Monday-Friday 9am to 5pm Bleep 5179
Other questions for ID pharmacists: Monday-Friday 9am to 5pm Bleep 5012 or extension 25117
Pharmacy
Between 8am and 9am contact pharmacy on 21502 or bleep 1884.
Between 9am and 5pm contact ward pharmacist or Medicine Information (21505).
Between 5pm and 7pm bleep the on-call pharmacist on 1884 for advice.
Between 7pm and 8am the on-call pharmacist can be contacted on their radiopage via switchboard.
Antimicrobial Management Team
For non urgent enquiries: antimicrobialpharmacist@ouh.nhs.uk