Guidelines & Reports

HER2 Testing and Clinical Decision Making in Gastroesophageal Adenocarcinoma

27 Mar, 2017 | 00:53h | UTC

HER2 Testing and Clinical Decision Making in Gastroesophageal Adenocarcinoma: Guideline From the College of American Pathologists, American Society for Clinical Pathology, and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (free)

Source: EvidenceAlerts (free registration required)

 

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#WorldTBDay, 24 March 2017

24 Mar, 2017 | 17:19h | UTC

 

#WorldTBDay, 24 March 2017 – Highlights from Today’s Campaigns and Resources

 

1 – #WorldTBDay – World Health Organization Campaign (free)

See also: WHO’s work on TB (free)

 

2 – #WorldTBDay – Ethics guidance for the implementation of the End TB strategy 2017 – World Health Organization (free)

News Release: WHO issues ethics guidance to protect rights of TB patients (free)

 

3 – #WorldTBDay – The End TB Strategy – World Health Organization (free)

See also: Implementing the end TB strategy: the essentials (free)

 

4 – #WorldTBDay – Global tuberculosis report 2016 – World Health Organization (free)

News release: WHO report warns global actions and investments to end tuberculosis epidemic are falling far short (free)

 

5 #WorldTBDay – WHO treatment guidelines for drug-resistant tuberculosis (2016 update) – World Health Organization (free)

See also: WHO resources on drug-resistant tuberculosis (free)

 

6 – #WorldTBDay – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Campaign (free)

 

7 – #WorldTBDay – The epidemiology, pathogenesis, transmission, diagnosis, and management of multidrug-resistant, extensively drug-resistant, and incurable tuberculosis – The Lancet Respiratory Medicine (free registration required)

See also: Decades of TB progress threatened by drug-resistant bacteria, warn experts – The Guardian (free)

“Rise of multi-drug resistant strains of tuberculosis could derail global efforts to eradicate the disease, according to a new report”

 

8 – #WorldTBDay – Open Access Special collection from Elsevier Journals  (free)

 

9 – #WorldTBDay – Clinical management of adults and children with multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis – Clinical Microbiology and Infection (free)

 

10 – #WorldTBDay – Preventing the spread of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and protecting contacts of infectious cases – Clinical Microbiology and Infection (free)

 

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#WorldWaterDay (22 March 2017)

23 Mar, 2017 | 17:08h | UTC

#WorldWaterDay (22 March 2017): Guidelines for drinking-water quality 2017 – World Health Organization (free)

See also: Drinking Water Fact Sheet – World Health Organization (free) AND Water sanitation hygiene – WHO Programme (free) AND World Water Day 2017 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (free)

 

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Prosthetic joint infection management

23 Mar, 2017 | 16:57h | UTC

Prosthetic joint infection: development of an evidence-based diagnostic algorithm – European Journal of Medical Research (free)

Comprehensive review with practical algorithm.

 

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