New framework (GRADE) for development of evidence-based recommendations by the advisory committee on immunization practices

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 61, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 327-

  Ahmed, Faruque ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; OBSERVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); UNITED STATES;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; OBSERVATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES; VACCINES;

EID: 84861999686     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Charter of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Atlanta, GA: US Department of Health and Human Services, Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices; 2012. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/recs/acip/downloads/charter.pdf. Accessed May 4, 2012.
2. Smith JC, Snider DE, Pickering LK; Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Immunization policy development in the United States: the role of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Ann Intern Med 2009;150:45-9.
3. Guyatt GH, Oxman AD, Vist GE, et al. GRADE: an emerging consensus on rating quality of evidence and strength of recommendations. BMJ 2008;336:924-6.
4. Ahmed F, Temte JL, Campos-Outcalt D, Schünemann HJ; for the ACIP Evidence Based Recommendations Work Group (EBRWG). Methods for developing evidence-based recommendations by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Vaccine 2011;29:9171-6.
5. Ahmed F. US Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) handbook for developing evidence-based recommendations. Version 1.1. Atlanta, GA: CDC; 2012. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/recs/acip/grade/about.htm#resources. Accessed May 4, 2012.