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Update your RDS mobile app to v4.7.2 to download toolkits even when website is down.

We are pleased to advise that deep linking capability, enabling users to directly download individual mobile toolkits, has now been released on the RDS mobile app. You will see that each toolkit has a small QR code icon in the header area beside the search icon – see screenshot below. Clicking on this icon will open up a window with a full-size QR code and the alternative of a short URL for sharing with users. Instructions are provided.

You may need to actively update to the latest release - RDS app version 4.7.1 - to see this improvement.

Updating to this latest version of the RDS app is also strongly recommended to get the full benefits of the new resilience arrangements – specifically, that if the RDS website should fail, you will still be able to download new mobile app toolkits. To check your current RDS version, click on the three dots bottom right of the RDS app screen. This takes you to a “More” page where you will see the version number. To install latest updates:

On iPhones – go to the Apple store, click on your profile icon top right, scroll down to see the apps waiting to be updated and update the RDS app.

On Android phones – these can vary, but try going to the Google Play store, click on your profile icon top right, click on “Manage apps and device”, select and update the RDS app.

Please get in touch with ann.wales3@nhs.scot with any questions.

IV ceftriaxone for at least 10 days.

Long-term management:

Before discharge consider need for aftercare, discuss potential long-term effects with parents, arrange hearing test.
Refer children with severe or profound deafness for cochlear implant assessment ASAP.
Use Meningitis Research Foundation (2020) Discharge checklist.
Provide MRF (2019) Your guide and direct to meningitis support organisations MRF (2022) After effects or Meningitis Now (n.d.) Your guide and my journal.
Offer further care on discharge as needed.
Paediatrician to review child with results of their hearing test 4-6weeks after discharge from hospital considering all potential morbidities and offer referral.
Inform GP, health visitor or school nurse.
Notify public health
Follow up prophylaxis for household contacts. See MRF (2018) Management of meningococcal disease in children and young people.