Across the country, NHS library and knowledge services are working with clinicians and managers to inform the response to Covid-19. At BSUH we have already provided evidence reviews for staff on a range of topics, including:
- Guidance about what PPE is needed in theatres if operating/drilling bone on a COVID positive patient
- Homemade surface cleaning solutions and hand sanitizer for Covid-19
- Loss of sense of smell and taste associated with Covid-19
- Clinical presentation of Covid-19 in children
- COVID-19 positive patients and adverse surgical outcome
Clinical librarians in other trusts are producing reports to answer their colleague’s questions, such as:
- Advice on mental well-being during social isolation
- Training volunteers to handle difficult conversations
- Care of elderly patients with suspected Covid-19
- Covid-19 and cardiac arrest – survival
- National ethical guidelines for care provision in Covid-19 pandemic
We can help you find the answers to any question that comes up in relation to the outbreak, clinical or managerial. Request a rapid evidence review at: https://www.bsuh.nhs.uk/library/accessing-information/request-an-evidence-search/
And here is a short list of the resources we’ve found most useful in answering specific queries:
- Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (CEBM): cebm.net/covid-19/ Oxford COVID-19 Evidence Service
- Cochrane: cochranelibrary.com/covid-19 Special collections are updated in response to new information and also include links to relevant Cochrane Clinical Answers
- EvidenceAid: evidenceaid.org/coronavirus-covid-19-evidence-collection/ Summaries of relevant research
- MedrXiv: https://connect.medrxiv.org/relate/content/181 Pre-prints not yet peer-reviewed
- NICE: nice.org.uk/covid-19#rapid-products Rapid Guidelines and Evidence Summaries
- NIPH: fhi.no/en/qk/systematic-reviews-hta/map/ Systematic and living map on COVID-19 evidence with breakdown by etiology, diagnosis and interventions
- NLM: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/coronavirus/ LitCovid, a curated literature hub for tracking up-to-date scientific information
- WHO: who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/global-research-on-novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov Global research on coronavirus disease, including a daily-updated database of literature from around the world.
