LibGuides: KEMH Medical Library: Clinical Guidelines & EBP Resources

Point of Care Tools

Access from Home or Other Sites

WNHS staff with KEMH on-site computer log-in can access the Library's online resources off-site using the same log-in.

If your on-site access is not working, please contact HSS.
If your access off-site is not working please see How to Request EzProxy Access

WNHS staff located at another site, and staff from other WA Health sites temporarily working at KEMH will need to apply for EzProxy access - please see How to Request EzProxy Access

Or contact the Library: 6458 1499 KEMH.Library@health.wa.gov.au

Clinical Guidelines & EBP Resources

O&G / Midwifery / Neonatal & Paediatric Clinical Guidelines

Other Australian Clinical Guidelines

Health Standards

ACORN Standards for perioperative nursing in Australia 2020
Online viewing only - you can't print or download these Standards
ACORN surgical hand antisepsis, gowning and gloving video
Australian College of Midwives Standards
Australian College of Neonatal Nurses - Standards for practice
BFHI : Ten steps to successful breastfeeding (revised 2018) WHO Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative
Protecting, promoting, and supporting breastfeeding in facilities providing maternity and newborn services: the revised Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative 2018 Implementation guidance
NSQHS Standards 2017 (2nd edition)
NSQHS Antimicrobial Stewardship Clinical Care Standard 2020 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
NSQHS Delirium Clinical Care Standard 2021 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
NSQHS User Guide for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health 2017 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
NSQHS User Guide for Measuring and Evaluating Partnering with Consumers 2018 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
NSQHS HACs (Hospital Acquired Complications) Information Kit
NSQHS Standards Live Literature Searches Automatic PubMed searches that provide updated results for topics aligned to the Australian National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards. Developed by Health Libraries for the National Standards Research Project (HeLiNS).
RCOG Gynaecology Standards
RCOG Maternity Standards

Australian Standards are now available from the i2i Standards SAI Global platform.

i2i Standards

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Other International Clinical Guidelines

Clinical Trial Registries

CENTRAL (Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials)
ICTRP (International Clinical Trials Registry Platform, WHO)
ClinicalTrials.gov (National Institutes of Health, US)
Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ANZCTR)
Australian Clinical Trials (NHMRC)
ISRCTNregistry (BioMed Central)
NICE: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (UK)
NIHR Clinical Trials Unit (National Institute for Health Research, UK)
National Institute for Health Research (UK) Be Part of Research Formerly UK Clinical Trials Gateway
NIHR Journals Library (UK) a suite of five open access journals providing an important and permanent archive of research funded by the National Institute for Health Research.
Pan African Clincial Trials Registry

Advisory Board: Clinical Best Practice Collaborative This link opens in a new window For full access, use your WA Health email to create an account. The Department of Health holds a whole of health system membership to the Advisory Board's Clinical Best Practice Collaborative enabling access to information on achieving safe, high-quality and efficient care through multi-professional strategies, best practices and implementation tools.
National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards This link opens in a new window For Clinical Governance, click on the blue search icon on the NSQHS Standards website.