Matthew Laundy is a consultant microbiologist at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. He has a special interest in antimicrobial stewardship, OPAT, paediatric infections and medical informatics. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists and a member of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.Mark Gilchrist is a Consultant Pharmacist in Infectious Diseases at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, and an Honorary Lecturer at Imperial College, London. Mark has a specialist interest in Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) and global antimicrobial stewardship initiatives. Mark is a past chair of UK Clinical Pharmacy Infection Network and is a spokesman for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society on Antimicrobials. In 2013 Mark was awarded Fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Faculty.Laura Whitney is a Consultant Antimicrobial Pharmacist at St George's University Hospitals NHS Trust and an Honorary Senior Lecturer at Kingston University. Her specialist interests include; antimicrobial stewardship, management of invasive fungal infections, and the treatment and prevention of Clostridium difficile infection. Laura is a member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain and is a current committee member of the UK Pharmacy Infection Network.

...a well written introduction into the field and is suitable both for beginners and experts who want to use this book as a reference work

• SECTION 1: SETTING THE SCENE AND STARTING UP; SECTION 2: COMPONENTS OF AN ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM; SECTION 3: SPECIAL AREAS IN ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP

Matthew Laundy is a consultant microbiologist at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. He has a special interest in antimicrobial stewardship, OPAT, paediatric infections and medical informatics. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists and a member of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.Mark Gilchrist is a Consultant Pharmacist in Infectious Diseases at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, and an Honorary Lecturer at Imperial College, London. Mark has a specialist interest in Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) and global antimicrobial stewardship initiatives. Mark is a past chair of UK Clinical Pharmacy Infection Network and is a spokesman for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society on Antimicrobials. In 2013 Mark was awarded Fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Faculty.Laura Whitney is a Consultant Antimicrobial Pharmacist at St George's University Hospitals NHS Trust and an Honorary Senior Lecturer at Kingston University. Her specialist interests include; antimicrobial stewardship, management of invasive fungal infections, and the treatment and prevention of Clostridium difficile infection. Laura is a member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain and is a current committee member of the UK Pharmacy Infection Network.

...a well written introduction into the field and is suitable both for beginners and experts who want to use this book as a reference work

• SECTION 1: SETTING THE SCENE AND STARTING UP; SECTION 2: COMPONENTS OF AN ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM; SECTION 3: SPECIAL AREAS IN ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP

Matthew Laundy is a consultant microbiologist at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. He has a special interest in antimicrobial stewardship, OPAT, paediatric infections and medical informatics. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists and a member of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.Mark Gilchrist is a Consultant Pharmacist in Infectious Diseases at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, and an Honorary Lecturer at Imperial College, London. Mark has a specialist interest in Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) and global antimicrobial stewardship initiatives. Mark is a past chair of UK Clinical Pharmacy Infection Network and is a spokesman for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society on Antimicrobials. In 2013 Mark was awarded Fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Faculty.Laura Whitney is a Consultant Antimicrobial Pharmacist at St George's University Hospitals NHS Trust and an Honorary Senior Lecturer at Kingston University. Her specialist interests include; antimicrobial stewardship, management of invasive fungal infections, and the treatment and prevention of Clostridium difficile infection. Laura is a member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain and is a current committee member of the UK Pharmacy Infection Network.

...a well written introduction into the field and is suitable both for beginners and experts who want to use this book as a reference work

• SECTION 1: SETTING THE SCENE AND STARTING UP; SECTION 2: COMPONENTS OF AN ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM; SECTION 3: SPECIAL AREAS IN ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP