NICE Neonatal Infection: antibiotics for prevention and treatment Guideline - Draft for Consultation December 2020

AIMS has submitted comments on the draft update of the NICE Neonatal Infection Guideline.

You can read our comments here.

The details of the draft guidelines can be found here.

The new guideline is due to be published in April 2021 and is available here.

NICE responses to all stakeholder comments can be found here


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