NGC Update Service: October 12, 2015

October 12, 2015 New This Week Guideline Summaries AABB New Developer Platelet transfusion: a clinical practice guideline from the AABB. Red blood cell transfusion: a clinical practice guideline from the AABB. Aragon Institute for Health Sciences Clinical practice guideline on the management of invasive meningococcal disease. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Obinutuzumab in combination with chlorambucil for untreated chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. Ofatumumab in combination with chlorambucil or bendamustine for untreated chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. Announcements NGC Spotlight Visit the Guideline Matrix to filter NGC content in a variety of ways. U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Advisory September 22, 2015: Avycaz (ceftazidime and avibactam): Drug Safety Communication - Dose Confusion and Medication Errors: FDA is warning health care professionals about the risk for dosing errors with the intravenous antibacterial drug Avycaz (ceftazidime and avibactam) due to confusion about the drug strength displayed on the vial and carton labels. Avycaz was initially approved with the vial and carton labels displaying the individual strengths of the two active ingredients (i.e., 2 gram/0.5 gram); however, the product is dosed based on the sum of the active ingredients (i.e., 2.5 gram). To prevent medication errors, FDA revised the labels to indicate that each vial contains Avycaz 2.5 gram, equivalent to ceftazidime 2 gram and avibactam 0.5 gram. Health Awareness Topics - October 2015 Domestic Violence Awareness Month (see related guidelines) Eye Injury Prevention Month (see related guidelines) National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (see related guidelines and guideline synthesis) National Down Syndrome Awareness Month (see related guidelines) Conference News The Guidelines International Network North America (G-I-N NA) continues to sponsor a monthly webinar series on topics of interest to the North American guideline community. Information on upcoming webinars, as well as audio files and slides from past webinars, are available on the G-I-N Web site. How to Participate Submit Guidelines: Visit our Submit Guidelines page for information on how to submit your organization's guidelines. Suggest a Guideline for Possible Inclusion: Submit your suggestions for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines that you would like to see included in NGC. Suggest a Guideline Synthesis Topic: We welcome your suggestions for guideline synthesis topics! NGC's Sister Resource Look for Quality Measures in AHRQ's National Quality Measures Clearinghouse (NQMC).    How satisfied are you with this e-mail bulletin? Give Us Your Feedback Subscriber Services: Change Your Profile | Unsubscribe | Help Stay Connected: Contact Us | Social Media This email was sent to rssproject471@gmail.com using GovDelivery, on behalf of: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) · 540 Gaither Road · Rockville, MD 20850 · 301-427-1364

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