Enhanced, Personalized and Integrated Care for Infection Management at the Point-Of-Care

Inclusion Criteria: (i) healthcare professionals for evaluation phases: Have read the PIL and consent to participate in the study (ii) patients for whom the clinician chooses to use the POC DSS as a resource when prescribing antimicrobials: Adult patients \> 18 years old Being managed for infection outside of the critical care setting in Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust Deemed appropriate for management with POC DSS by attending physician Prescribed antimicrobial agents outside of the critical care setting in last 5 days (iii) Prescriber / healthcare professional for using POC DSS: Trained Healthcare Professional Working within wards under assessment Deemed suitable for recruitment by senior member of their team Exclusion Criteria: (i) healthcare professionals: Do not wish to participate in the study Working across wards which is acting as a control ward Deemed no suitable for recruitment by a senior member of their team Non-permanent member of the Trust Information governance training not up-to-date (ii) patients recruits Critical care patients Paediatric patients \< 18 years old Deemed not suitable for management using POC DSS by attending physician On palliative care, end of life pathway Prisoners / young offenders in custody of HM Prison Service Involved in current research or have recently been involved in any research prior to recruitment (last 3 months)