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Guidelines and standards

Clinical guidelines bring together the best available evidence and make recommendations intended to help healthcare professionals and patients make informed decisions about appropriate healthcare.

What are clinical practice guidelines? (via InformedHealth.org - NCBI Bookshelf) explains what clinical practice guidelines are, how they are developed, and how to recognise good ones.

The benefits of practice guidelines depend on the quality of evidence used to develop them and how it is being applied to clinical practice. AGREE II (Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation) is an internationally recognised and validated tool that will help you to critically appraise clinical guidelines.

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Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
Provides access to Australian national clinical care, quality, and the NSQHS Standards.
Clinical practice guidelines for healthcare professionals
National guidelines for St John Ambulance Australia's First Aid and Event Health Services. Please note: individual states and territories may have jurisdictional legislation and regulations that don't support the use of some of these protocols.
NHMRC clinical practice guidelines
Access a range of information on clinical practice and guidelines for healthcare professionals.
Paramedicine Board: codes, guidelines and policies
Codes, guidelines, and standards supporting Australian paramedicine practice.
Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS): clinical practice manual
Manual of contemporary standards of clinical practice for healthcare professionals working within QAS.
Queensland Health clinical guidelines
Clinical guidelines used within Queensland Health care providers.
Therapeutic Guidelines
A leading source of independent, evidence-based, practical treatment advice to assist practitioners with decision-making at the point-of-care.

ECRI Guidelines Trust
A repository of objective, evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.
Guidelines International Network (GIN)
Contains links to guidelines published or endorsed by GIN member organisations from across the globe, including Australia.
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
Provides access to NICE guidance, including published guidance, in development, and consultations from the UK.
Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN)
SIGN produce evidence-based, collaboratively developed clinical guidelines (Scotland).
World Health Organization Guidelines
Access information, recommendations for clinical practice, and public health from the WHO.

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