Wound management for injection equipment providing pharmacies
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.
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. 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. This service is only available in Injection Equipment Provision (IEP) community pharmacies that have registered.
Supporting documents & how to register
PGD 321 – Treatment of skin infections associated with injection site complications
- Pharmacists working in participating community pharmacies, who have completed the necessary training, should return a completed PGD agreement form (found on page 6) and return to: fife.pgd@nhs.scot
- IEP community pharmacies should return a completed contract agreement (found on page 5) and return to: fife.fifepharmacycommpharm@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 patient medication record (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.
There is an option for pharmacies to record consultation outcomes on the NEO 360 system under the IEP batch transaction module:
Training resources
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.
