#131 – Drawing the Line: The Writing, Reach, and Limits of Guidelines

About this episode

The episode discusses the development and implementation of healthcare guidelines with expert guests.

In this third collaboration between SIDP’s Breakpoints and ESCMID’s Communicable podcasts, hosts Erin McCreary and Angela Huttner invite two veteran authors of guidelines and guidances, Pranita Tamma (Philadelphia, USA) and Benedikt Huttner (WHO, Geneva, Switzerland) [1-3]. Together, they deconstruct the complex landscape of developing and implementing guidelines into digestible components: they discuss why different organizations develop guidelines and what need they hope to fulfil, the framework including the GRADE methodology under which guidelines are written, and major barriers in the uptake of guidelines. The conversation also details the distinction between guideline and guidance as well as the art and science behind formulating recommendations or suggestions, with a few anecdotal cases sprinkled in from the panel. References 1. WHO handbook for guideline development, 2nd Edition, https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241548960 2. The WHO AWaRe (Access, Watch, Reserve) antibiotic book https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240062382 3. IDSA 2024 Guidance on the Treatment of Antimicrobial Resistant Gram-Negative Infections…

People in this episode

Hosts: Erin McCreary, Angela Huttner

Guests: Pranita Tamma, Benedikt Huttner

Topics covered

• guidelines
• healthcare
• antimicrobial resistance
• GRADE methodology
• recommendations
• implementation barriers

Keywords

• guidelines
• healthcare
• GRADE
• antimicrobial resistance
• recommendations
• implementation barriers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists, WHO, ESCMID

Books & works: WHO handbook for guideline development, 2nd Edition, The WHO AWaRe (Access, Watch, Reserve) antibiotic book, IDSA 2024 Guidance on the Treatment of Antimicrobial Resistant Gram-Negative Infections

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