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Self-care intravenous antibiotic pump therapy is a new treatment supported by our Trauma Assessment and Treatment Unit (TATU) virtual ward team, which allows patients to return to the comfort of their own homes while continuing intravenous antibiotic treatment. We expect this to lead to a reduction in risks to patients, reduced costs and a more sustainable model of healthcare.

For adults, blood taken into a 5mL gold top tube (or rust top for the Acute Unit)

For polycythaemia;

This page provides information about using ice and heat in the treatment of soft tissue injuries.

by Jeannine Stone

Building on the success of their first transplant games last year, the Gloucestershire team have won four gold medals, two silver and two bronze in Oxford at the weekend.

Back slabs are commonly used as a first-line treatment when the fracture is swelling or following a surgical procedure.

This page gives you information on care following your therapeutic gastroscopy including banding of varices/endoscopic dilatation.

This page has been designed to be used alongside the Newborn Hearing Screening Programme (NHSP) booklet that you have been given. If you have not received a copy, please let us know. On the following pages we have provided details of who to contact locally for more information and support. We have also explained the next steps for you and your baby within the Audiology department.

This page gives you information about Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) for the age-related eye conditions macular degeneration and Central Serous Chorioretinopathy (CSCR). The aim of this page is to explain what to expect at all stages of the treatment and to answer some of the commonly asked questions.

Always consider Viral Haemorrhagic Fever (eg. Ebola) as part of the differential diagnosis in patients with unexplained fever following return from an area of risk. All patients must be risk assessed for VHF before any Pathological specimens are taken.

This page contains useful advice for the carer(s) of a person who has had a head injury. The person who suffered the head injury may not be aware when things are not quite right. For this reason, we recommend that the leaflet attached below is given to someone who will be with the injured person for the next couple of days. Although well enough to leave hospital, it is possible that they may develop new symptoms which need either observing or seeking urgent medical help.

This page gives you information about having cystoscopy and/or urethroscopy.

The early pregnancy assessment clinic is an emergency service if you are between 7 and 15 weeks pregnant and experience pain or bleeding.

by Ruth Bees

This page gives you information about the intra-articular steroid injection your child has been given and what to expect afterwards.

The FBC comprises the following tests