Practice Guidelines have become a mainstay of patient care, and have been developed to help caregivers assimilate and apply the ever-expanding (and sometimes contradictory) body of medical knowledge. Below are a few common sources for practice guidelines.
National Guideline Clearinghouse ** Best Bet! **
Comprehensive database of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. Brief summaries and full-text available in most cases.
AHRQ National Quality Measures Clearinghouse
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
Use the search box.
MDConsult (Affinity access only)
Click the Guidelines Tab to search or browse the collection.
TRIP Database
An evidence-based practice search engine, TRIP covers guidelines.
Professional Associations issue guidelines and practice statements. Some are available on their websites. See the following examples :
American Heart Association – Guidelines & Statements
The American Psychiatric Association – Practice Guidelines
In addition, the CINAHL and Medline databases can effectively be used to identify and locate additional practice guidelines. Use the Practice Guideline Limit to pare down your results.
Affinity Librarians are also available to do the searching for you.
Just tell us what you’re looking for.
Michele (MMC Library in Oshkosh) 3-0340
Margo (STE in Appleton) 8-2325
