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guidelines

In a medical context, guidelines are a series of suggestions, issued by official bodies, such as the Department of Health or by independent experts, for the conduct of medical practice. They include advice on the treatment of particular disorders or on effective ways of dealing with any clinical or human-relational problem. Guidelines are not prescriptive or directive, but doctors who fail to follow widely-recognized guidelines risk criticism and may even, in the event of poor outcomes be at risk of legal action. The practice of publishing guidelines, and of amending and updating them regularly, has grown steadily in recent years.

guidelines,

n.pl a set of standards, criteria, or specifications to be used or followed in the performance of certain tasks.

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The guidelines panel sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) changed its recommendation from starting highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) at 500 CD4 T cells/[mm.

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The guideline emphasizes that retention periods for e-mail records must be based on the content and value of the information contained in the e-mail, not the medium.

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City planners said many developers have been willing to include more design elements into their projects, even though the guidelines have not yet been finalized.

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In addition to using the new design guidelines, Humphrey recommends that tire shred fills be designed to meet the requirements imposed by the engineering performance of the individual projects.

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6 of the OECD Guidelines, the question whether an intra-group service has been rendered depends on the benefit that the recipient is intended to receive.

Section 482 service regulations

Every 5 years since 1980, the two agencies have created and published guidelines based on the recommendations of an advisory committee.

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At least 10 different published (but nonauthoritative) quantitative materiality guidelines are found in corporate professional literature, providing materiality amounts that vary widely for the same type of audit.

Materiality in government auditing

As the arbiter of high-quality cancer care, NCCN promotes the importance of continuous quality improvement and recognizes the significance of creating clinical practice guidelines appropriate for use by patients, clinicians, and other health care decision-makers.

NCCN to Present Guidelines in China

Air Force general counsel, "There is much in the proposed guidelines that is excellent.

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The revised guidelines warn against combining atazanavir + indinavir (possible worse hyperbilirubinemia), and FTC + 3TC (similar resistance profile, without additional benefit).

Revised U.S. Adult and Adolescent Antiretroviral Treatment Guidelines; also Revised Pediatric Guidelines

Traditionally, only upper management has been responsible for learning interpretive guidelines.

Teach staff to walk in surveyors' shoes: all staff need to be aware of regulatory guidelines regarding abuse. (Feature Article)

The International Labour Organization, the International Maritime Organization, the International Chamber of Shipping, and several environmental nongovernmental organizations, particularly Greenpeace and the Basel Action Network, are participating in efforts to refine and support the guidelines.