Databases Evidence-based Practice/CPD
This site is maintained and hosted by Discovery Library, Derriford Hospital
and gives details of selected content available in
Microbiology, Virology, Communicable/Infectious Diseases and Infection Control
for staff/students on placement
across the Plymouth, SWASFT & SCAS health community.
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If you have problems or comments/suggestions about resources please
phone 39111 or email library.mailbox@nhs.net marking FAO Laura.
Gov.uk COVID-19: safe handling and processing for samples in laboratories
Public Health England COVID-19 Secondary Care Guides
Infection control: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Environmental decontamination, clinical waste and aerosol generating procedures.
NICE COVID-19 Rapid guidelines
British Infection Association
COVID-19 Updates
Royal College of Pathologists
COVID-19 RESOURCES HUB
COVID-19 daily alert research bulletin
Public Health England Knowledge and Library Services produce a daily alert containing links to research and news on the latest coronavirus outbreak.
If you would like to receive this email alert, which contains latest research articles and news from government departments, please contact libraries@phe.gov.uk.
They also have created the Finding the evidence: Coronavirus page.
Elearning for Health (ELfH) COVID-19 programme –
part of Health Education England’s elearning suite in partnership with the NHS and Professional Bodies.
NEW CONTENT
New ebook content added 13/07/2021
Netter’s Infectious Disease
Note you will need a local NHS Athens account to access (register here)
Databases (GUIDES AND VIDEOS)
Search the NHS healthcare databases:
AMED- topics for allied health professionals
British Nursing Index (BNI)- incl topics for IPC nurses and care staff
CINAHL- international nursing & allied health incl IPC nurses and care staff
EMBASE- European biomedicine– good for pharmacology & drug therapy
EMCARE-international nursing & allied health
HMIC- health service management & organisation incl grey literature
MEDLINE- most medical/surgical topics incl microbiology
PsycINFO- health psychology/psychiatry/counselling
Note- you will need an NHS Athens login.
Databases contain bibliographic records i.e. references. Whilst you won’t have fulltext access to all the articles, for some journals there will be a link to online access or details of library print holding. If we don’t hold your required article you can consider making an article request via the library.
See our main library website for details of our information skills training programme and literature searching support services.
Evidence Based Practice and CPD
A range of evidence-based resources are available to help inform patient care including:
- BMJ Best Practice (don’t use Internet Explorer, choose alternative browser)
Evidence-based research, guidelines and expert opinion offering step-by-step guidance on diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and prevention.
Note you will need a local NHS Athens account (register here).
When prompted, set up a personal account to download free App
- BNF and BNF for Children–should work automatically on NHS networked machine, if outside NHS network login with NHS Athens account.
Click here to find out about the free BNF/BNFC App.
- ClinicalKey – clinical insight search tool which also gives access to over 1100 electronic books and 500 journals and multimedia resources
Note you will need a local NHS Athens account (register here)
- Clinical Knowledge Summaries (CKS)– provided by NICE. Summaries of the current evidence base & practical guidance on best practice for >300 primary care presentations, including Infections and Infestations specialty.
- Cochrane Library– collection of databases (details here) containing different types of high-quality, independent evidence such as Systematic Reviews, RCTs and Health Technology Assessments.
- Elearning for Health (ELfH) -Health Education England’s suite of high quality content free of charge training (topics incl. COVID-19 programme Antimicrobial Resistance, Acute NIV, NHS Screening programmes,) in partnership with the NHS and Professional Bodies.
Note you will need a local NHS Athens account (register here)
- NICE Evidence– access to authoritative clinical & non-clinical evidence/best practice incl. Infections topics.
- TRIP Database– clinical search tool designed to allow health professionals to rapidly identify the highest quality clinical evidence for clinical practice.
- UpToDate– ‘evidence-based clinical decision support resource authored by physicians to help healthcare practitioners make the best decisions at the point of care’. Note you will need a University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust Athens account (register here).
Journals
Full A-Z list of all journals– you will need an NHS Athens account- click here to register.
Selected Microbiology, Virology, Communicable/Infectious Diseases journals below
If we don’t hold your required article you can consider making an article request via the library.
Books (guide)
Search our print and electronic book holdings.
Note- you will need an NHS Athens login to to access ebooks.
This is a regional NHS catalogue, so in location select ‘Plymouth, Derriford Hospital, PLY’ to limit your search to books held here.
You can also log in and renew your books here (if you have not already made a pin number for your library account follow the instructions on screen).
If we don’t have the book you require you can consider making a book request. (Service for registered borrowers, undertaking NHS work. Registration forms are available here).
Ebooks
Selected specialty content from 2010 onwards – click title & login with NHS Athens
Apps
- Local Antibiotic Treatment Guidelines (Android and iOS Apple)
Free and regularly updated. Covers all on the aide memoir and most of what is on the full guideline - BNF/BNFC app for smartphones and tablets (iOS and Android)
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