Methods for developing evidence-based recommendations by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
10969766	Vaccine	2011	6 Pages	PDF

Abstract

âº The ACIP has adopted a new framework for developing evidence-based recommendations. âº Category A recommendations will be for all persons in an age- or risk-based group. âº Category B recommendations will be for individual clinical decision making. âº Evidence tables will be used to summarize the body of evidence.

Keywords

Immunization Preventive health services Evidence-based practice Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Vaccination Evidence-based medicine

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Life Sciences Immunology and Microbiology Immunology

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Methods for developing evidence-based recommendations by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Authors

Faruque Ahmed, Jonathan L. Temte, Doug Campos-Outcalt, Holger J. Schünemann, for the ACIP Evidence Based Recommendations Work Group (EBRWG) for the ACIP Evidence Based Recommendations Work Group (EBRWG),