Skip the literature review. Get to the treatment.

The point-of-care clinical treatment guides for infectious diseases and pediatric acute care. Distilled by editorial boards of practicing specialists, continuously updated, and trusted by clinicians in over 100 countries.

Two references. One editorial standard.

Each Sanford Guide is purpose-built for its domain — written and continuously updated by a multi-institutional editorial board of practicing clinicians.

Distilled, not diluted.

We believe the best point of care reference gives you exactly what you need, fast. Since 1969, that has been our editorial standard. We distill the vast, evolving body of evidence into a clear answer for patient care.

Built for the bedside

Sanford Guide is a rapid reference, not a textbook. Pages are structured into clear, scannable sections — so you can find treatment, dosing, diagnostics, or differential in seconds.

Continuously updated

Editors work in the product every day. New drug approvals, guideline releases, and shifts in clinical practice are evaluated and incorporated as the evidence moves.

Evidence-based

Built on peer-reviewed literature, current guidelines, full prescribing information, and more. Curated by editorial boards without influence from pharma, device manufacturers, or governmental bodies.

Behind every recommendation is a real expert.

Two distinguished, multi-institutional editorial boards — one for Antimicrobial Therapy, one for Pediatric Acute Care — plus a deep pool of pediatric sub-specialty authors.

• Henry F. Chambers, M.D.
  San Francisco General Hospital, Professor of Medicine Emeritus, University of California, San Francisco
• Michael S. Saag, M.D.
  Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama, Birmingham
• Andrew T. Pavia, M.D.
  George & Esther Gross Presidential Professor, Chief, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Utah, Salt Lake City
• Helen W. Boucher, M.D.
  Dean & Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Chief Academic Officer, Tufts Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
• Douglas Black, Pharm.D.
  Professor of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle
• David O. Freedman, M.D.
  Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham
• Kami Kim, M.D.
  Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa
• Brian S. Schwartz, M.D.
  Associate Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

• Samir S. Shah, MD, MSCE, MHM
  Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs and Education, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
• Gary Frank, MD, MS, FAAP
  Adjunct Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine
• Jeanine C. Ronan, MD
  Pediatrics Residency Program Director, Attending Physician, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
• Marina Catallozzi, MD, MSCE
  Vice Chair for Education in the Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
• …plus a sub-specialty author pool covering cardiology, neurology, oncology, and more

Your stewardship guidelines, where your clinicians already look.

Stewardship Assist puts your institutional antimicrobial guidelines and antibiograms inside the Sanford Guide app and website your clinicians already use every day. Guidelines on the intranet are invisible. Guidelines inside Sanford Guide get followed.

• Adoption that's measurable. Customers report 3× more prescribers consulting institutional guidelines after deployment.
• Joint Commission ready. Built for the antimicrobial stewardship requirements your pharmacy team is already accountable for.
• No new app to roll out. Lives inside the Sanford Guide app your clinicians have on their phones today.

Whoever you are, however you practice.

A single editorial standard, six audience-specific paths.

The reference clinicians learn on, and stay with.

"This is like having an I.D. physician consultation in your back pocket."

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"My go-to for antimicrobial reference. Part of my daily clinical tools."

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"Easy to use. Information is up to date. Very reliable source to use in clinic."

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A family-owned clinical reference company. Since 1969.

Sanford Guide started as a medical grand rounds handout in 1969, written by Jay P. Sanford, M.D. — a former president of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Today the company is led by Jeb and Dianne Sanford, alongside our respected editorial boards, technical developers, and customer service team.

We've never taken pharmaceutical industry funding. We have no institutional affiliation that could bias recommendations. We answer to clinicians, and to the patients they treat — and that is how we were built.

Can I get a free trial?

Yes. Free one-month trials are available for both individual users. Request a free trial

Do you offer student and resident discounts?

Yes. Many clinicians discover The Guide during their clinical rotations and APPEs and become lifelong users. Students get 40% off. See student discount