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.
Click here to visit our main library website.
If you have problems or comments/suggestions about resources please
phone 39111 or email library.mailbox@nhs.net marking FAO Laura.
NEW CONTENT
New point-of-care tool added 11/04/19
BMJ Best Practice (don’t use Internet Explorer, choose alternative browser)
Evidence-based research, guidelines & expert opinion offering step-by-step guidance on diagnosis, prognosis, treatment & prevention across primary care & other specialties
Note you will need a local NHS Athens account (register here).
When prompted set up a personal account to download free App
New print content added 15/03/2019 (click title to check availability)
hawker, J. et al (2019) Communicable disease control and health protection handbook. 4th ed. Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell.
Databases (handout)
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:
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- 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
- BMJ Best Practice (don’t use Internet Explorer, choose alternative browser)
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- 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.
- BNF and BNF for Children–should work automatically on NHS networked machine, if outside NHS network login with NHS Athens account.
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- 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)
- ClinicalKey – clinical insight search tool which also gives access to over 1100 electronic books and 500 journals and multimedia resources
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- 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.
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- Cochrane Library– collection of databases (details here) containing different types of high-quality, independent evidence such as Systematic Reviews, RCTs and Health Technology Assessments.
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- Elearning for Health (ELfH) -Health Education England’s suite of high quality content free of charge training (topics incl. Antimicrobial Resistance) in partnership with the NHS and Professional Bodies.
Note you will need a local NHS Athens account (register here)
- Elearning for Health (ELfH) -Health Education England’s suite of high quality content free of charge training (topics incl. Antimicrobial Resistance) in partnership with the NHS and Professional Bodies.
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- NICE Evidence– access to authoritative clinical & non-clinical evidence/best practice incl. Infections topics.
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- TRIP Database– clinical search tool designed to allow health professionals to rapidly identify the highest quality clinical evidence for clinical practice.
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.
Ebooks (handout)
Check our print and electronic book holdings at http://www.swims.nhs.uk/
This is a regional NHS catalogue so select ‘just in these libraries’ or click here to limit your search to books held in Plymouth.
You can also renew your books 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)
