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Guidance
Venous leg ulcers: infection diagnosis and microbiological investigation guide for primary care
- From:
- Public Health England
- Part of:
- Primary care guidance: diagnosing and managing infections
- Published:
- 21 November 2007
- Last updated:
- 23 March 2016, see all updates
Guidance for primary care on diagnosing and investigating venous leg ulcers.
Documents
Venous leg ulcers: quick reference guide
Ref: PHE publications gateway number 2015764 PDF, 416KB, 16 pages
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Venous leg ulcers: quick reference guide
Ref: PHE publications gateway number 2015764 MS Word Document, 1.39MB
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Venous leg ulcers: quick reference guide summary table
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Details
This guidance describes:
- when and how to sample a venous leg ulcer for microbiological investigation
- how to interpret the laboratory report
Document information
Published: 21 November 2007
Updated: 23 March 2016
- Updated reference guide and added summary table.
- Latest update February 2009, under review August 2014.
- First published.