Colleagues:

    You may recall that the recommendations for antibiotic prophylaxis were
considerably curtailed in scope of the indications that require it in
the last revision of the guidelines issued in April.
    I have just received news that the UK National Institute for
Clinical Excellence has published its recommendations.  Of greatest
significance to us is that these recommendations completely remove the
recommendation for antibiotic prophylaxis for dental and ENT procedures.
    According to the source of the news (Dr. Edward Odell, of the
department of Oral Pathology at Guy's Hospital in London, these
recommendations are still in draft form and are open to comment for a
month, "but
it is likely to adopted pretty much in its current form."
    You can see this information, including a PDF of the entire report, at:

http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/index.jsp?action=folder&o=38144

Steve