GUIDELINES CHECKLIST
Prepared by Paula Elliott, Health Information Analyst, Newcastle and North Tyneside Health Authority.
The principle behind this checklist is that your approach to searching for guidelines should: - begin with evidence-based/clinically effective guidelines - before doing/requesting primary searches on MEDLINE, CINAHL etc.
Use the checklist below to search for clinically effective/evidence- based guidelines:
| Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) http://www.guideline.gov |
| Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/sign/home.htm |
| Guideline Appraisal Project http://hiru.mcmaster.ca/cpg/default.htm |
| Canadian Medical Association http://www.cma.ca/cpgs/ |
| New Zealand Guidelines Group http://www.nzgg.org.nz/index.htm |
| NLM Health Services/Technology Assessment http://text.nlm.nih.gov |
| Guideline Project http://www.ihs.ox.ac.uk/guidelines/ |
| North of England Evidence Based Guidelines http://www.ncl.ac.uk/~ncenthsr/publicn/publicn.htm |
| St George's Health Care Evaluation Unit http://www.sghms.ac.uk/depts/phs/hceu/nhsguide.htm |
| UK Health Centre http://www.healthcentre.org.uk/hc/library/guidelines.htm |
If you require further information about evidence based practice and/or clinical effectiveness, please contact: Paula Elliott Health Information Analyst Newcastle and North Tyneside Health Authority Benfield Road Newcastle upon Tyne NE6 4PF Tel: 0191 219 6037 Fax: 0191 219 6066 e-mail: Paula.Elliott@nant-ha.northy.nhs.uk
Created August 2000