NGC - Resources - Bioterrorism

New Features Now Available on the NGC Web Site!

^NewMeet the NGC/NQMC Expert Panel.
^NewThe Submit Guidelines page provides the information necessary to submit guidelines for inclusion in NGC.
^NewThe goal of the Expert Commentary feature is improvement of the dissemination and uptake of evidence-based health information.
Meet the NGC/NQMC Editorial Board.

Use the related resources browse to find guidelines with associated measures and/or tools.
Page containing hurricane-related resources
Enhanced NGC Browse feature now provides additional ways to browse content including the Guideline Index, Guidelines In Progress, and Guideline Archive.
Enhanced Guidelines in Progress page highlights submissions that have added to the work queue within the last two weeks.
Enhanced Organization Browse feature allows users to search the content within a specific organization.
Enhanced search results page includes a limit feature to narrow searches as well as a link to other guidelines by a specific developer; a list of Quick Search Tips is also available
Newly organized Guideline Archive and What's New Archive pages
New and improved Contact page
A new FDA Warning/Regulatory Alert field that identifies important drug and/or device warnings released by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or other official regulatory bodies.

A new and evolving list of Frequently Requested Searches
A new Implementation Tools field that lists the types of tools provided by the guideline developer to facilitate the implementation of their guideline; users can also search for guidelines with Implementation Tools using the Detailed Search feature.
A Guidelines In Progress page that identifies guidelines in our work queue
Withdrawn guideline summaries are now listed on the What's New This Week page and in the What's New Weekly E-mail
Links to summaries of guideline-related tools available on the AHRQ QualityTools Web site.
PubMed Links where applicable for references contained in the NGC Summary
Word and Portable Document Format (PDF) downloads of NGC Guideline Summaries
PDF downloadable Guideline Syntheses
Guideline Resources page

PDA downloads for Palm-based PDAs
Pocket PCs can now directly access the entire site in real time using Pocket IE or as downloaded Web pages.
Enhanced Summary content, including the following new fields:
- Methods used to Formulate the Recommendations
- Rating Scheme for the Strength of the Recommendations
- References Supporting the Major Recommendations
- Contraindications
- Financial Disclosures
- IOM National Healthcare Quality Report categories
- And, updates to a number of existing fields
Enhanced Brief and Complete Summary formats which utilize a logical grouping of fields with related content, and a table of contents
Enhanced Detailed Search feature which allows users to filter searches by the methodology and IOM categories
Enhanced Guideline Tabular Comparison feature which includes many of the new fields added to the NGC summary
A Glossary of all the controlled vocabulary terms utilized in the NGC Summary
Web developer tools such as RSS feeds of the entire inventory of NGC content, and a new Search Form feature which offers Web developers the ability to create their own unique search interfaces with the NGC Web site.