Highlights
- •The RAND/ULCA Appropriateness Method can inform guideline creation for IP practice
- •In-line suction for patients with highly infectious respiratory disease is advised
- •In the absence of clinical trial data, the RAND/ULCA Method can be utilized
Abstract
The use of the RAND/UCLA appropriateness method is an innovative way to provide practical,
evidence based clinical guidance to infection preventionist (IP) in the absence of
clinical trial data. This brief primer aims to introduce the IP to the methodology,
including a short case study demonstrating the utilization of the method in the arena
of infection prevention and management.
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Publication history
Published online: December 28, 2021
Footnotes
Conflicts of interest: KC, LH, AU, JS have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
Funding: Not received.
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© 2022 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
