Wound Management for Injection Equipment providing Pharmacies
The Fife Alcohol and Drug Partnership (ADP) have provided funding to develop a wound care service for people who present with injection site infections in Community Pharmacy. The participating pharmacies that will provide this service are those who currently participate in the Injection Equipment Provision (IEP) service.
A Patient Group Direction (PGD) will allow community pharmacists to assess and treat people presenting with symptoms within the inclusion criteria – PGD for the treatment of skin infections associated with injection site complications.
Injection site complications are not uncommon in people who inject drugs and have consistently been the one group in the community who have been identified in Fife as at risk from S. aureus bacteraemia (SAB) bloodstream infections. Timely and accessible treatment is an important factor in reducing SAB rates and hospital admissions in this group of patients.
Supporting documents
The wound care service specification can be found here. Participating pharmacies should return a signed service specification to Fife.fifepharmacycommpharm@nhs.scot.
Participating pharmacists who have completed the relevant training should complete a PGD agreement form (found on page 6 of the PGD) and return it to: fife.pgd@nhs.scot
How to claim
For patients that meet the inclusion criteria, a consultation form should be completed and the supply of co-amoxiclav will be made on the pharmacy PMR, via the “health board local service” option on the Universal Claim Form.
A wound care claim form should be completed on a monthly basis and returned to Fife.fifepharmacycommpharm@nhs.scot by the 5th of the month.
Training resources
A training webinar can be accessed here for more information.
The Scottish Drug Forum have provided e-learning modules that should be completed to help understanding – “Bacterial Infections and Drug use” and “How are your sites”. Please note, a FREE account will need to be created to access these modules.
There is also a Turas module – Skin Conditions Overview for NHS Pharmacy First Scotland – that should be completed.