Pharyngitis

This project aims to investigate if an organisational change of patient flow away from medical practitioners can reduce unnecessary antibiotic prescribing in patients attending with a sore throat as the main complaint.

The study will assess families' perspectives and decision-making regarding the duration of oral antibiotic courses prescribed to children (4-17 years) who present with uncomplicated bacterial infections at the Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) Emergency Department (ED). The study will involve (i) children discharged from ED on oral antibiotics and (ii) children transferred to Hospital-in-the-Home (HITH) on IV antibiotics who then switch to oral antibiotics. In addition, the study will assess how feasible and acceptable it is to track children's symptoms via the Garmin Smartwatch and the WeGuide platform (WeGuide is a patient engagement software platform that allows for enrolment, consent, and data collection \[via questionnaires/surveys and from the Garmin Smartwatches\] through a singular platform).

This study aims to evaluete of tthe efficacy and safety of using different doses of the drug Grammidin with anesthetic, a metered dose topical spray, in the treatment of acute infectious and inflammatory pharyngeal diseases.

This study aims to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetic profile of the Grammidin, a metered dose topical spray, compared to Grammidin lozenges following single administration in healthy volunteers .

This study aims to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetic profile of the Grammidin with anesthetic, a metered dose topical spray, compared to Grammidin with anesthetic neo, lozenges following single administration in healthy volunteers.

Many ambulatory networks are mainly based on diagnoses made by first-line physicians not specifically trained to join the network. Here we aim to set up a surveillance network on pediatric infectious diseases with an investment in teaching with specific trainings of participating pediatricians, increasing in use of point of care tests, and automated data extraction from the computers of the pediatricians.