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A comprehensive methodology handbook for developing clinical guidelines, expert guidance documents, consensus statements, and practice statements in infection prevention and healthcare epidemiology. Covers proposal processes, systematic literature review, evidence grading, consensus methods, and development timelines.
Development checklists (32-month, 22-month, and 6-month timelines), review and comment period procedures, writing panel author responsibilities, inclusive language guide, and acronyms for infection prevention guideline development.
Appendices covering document type definitions with peer review responsibilities, expert guidance and consensus statement proposal forms, recommendation terminology, and evidence quality classifications for infection prevention guideline development.
Purpose, definitions, proposal process, writing panel composition, systematic literature review, consensus methods, and review & approval procedures for infection prevention guideline development.