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Once the search is complete only studies and papers that address the clinical question should be considered for selection. Only the highest level and best quality studies that are relevant to answering the clinical question and have an impact on decision making and patient care should be included.

For Evidence Summaries, all studies and papers selected to be included in the Evidence Summary are required to have a formal, documented assessment of methodological quality using the critical appraisal checklist as a guide for this process. The aim is to include the most recent, highest level of good quality evidence that relates to answering the clinical question. The critical appraisal checklists for systematic reviews, quantitative evidence, and qualitative evidence are found in the Technical Development Report template, which can be downloaded from Resources, Forms and Templates.

Each Recommended Practice is developed and reviewed on the basis of the quality of evidence in the Evidence Summary, the importance of critical appraisal this therefore related to both Evidence Summaries and Recommended Practices.

Best Practice Information sheets are developed from a single, peer-reviewed, published JBI systematic review, there is no requirement for an additional layer of appraisal in the development of a BPIS. However, member checking by the authors of the review is to be undertaken, and no BPIS is considered for publication without an internal review for quality and accuracy to the SR from which it is derived.

The results of each methodological assessment are reported in the Technical Development Report.