COVID-19
Daily Evidence Digest
Agency for Clinical Innovation/NSW Health
Point-of-Care and Evidence-based summaries
Link to BMJ Best Practice Update
Link to UptoDate expert Summary
Cochrane Special Collections Coronavirus (COVID-19): evidence relevant to critical care
Link to the Centre for Evidence-based Medicine Oxford COVID-19 Evidence Service
Core Clinical Journal Updates
Link to BMJ (British Medical Journal) COVID alert
Link to BMJ Best Practice Topic Alerts
Link to NEJM (New England Journal of Medicine) Coronavirus Topic Page
Link to JAMA Resource Centre
Link to Lancet COVID-19(note same content will request a subscription, click here to get to The Lancet)
Link to Elsevier Information Centre - publishers of Lancet & Lancet Infectious Diseases
Monitoring and Situation Reports
Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Australia
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) weekly epidemiology reports, Australia, 2020
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) – Statistics and Research (Our World in Data)
Global Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology Online Network (GIDEON)
WHO COVID-19 situation dashboard (best viewed using Chrome)
Mental Health Information
Life in Mind - Mental Health support for COVID-19
The Black Dog Institute - Mental Health ramifications of COVID-19: the Australian context
WSLHD Staff Wellbeing
Coronavirus COVID-19 map of cases by John Hopkins University
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Pandemic Guidelines
ACEM - COVID-19 guidelines and resources
ANZICS - COVID-19 resources and guidelines for Critical Care Professionals
National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce - Caring for people with COVID-19 Supporting Australia’s healthcare professionals with continually updated, evidence-based clinical guidelines
RACGP - Managing pandemics
RCGP (UK) - Palliative and end of life care
RCH - Respiratory infections: SARS-CoV-2
WHO - Clinical management SARI
NSW Health Clinical guidance and resources
Australian Department of Health - Management plan for pandemic influenza
Guidance for Health Professionals
COVID-19 (Latest updates, Find the Facts, Health Professional, Global Update)
Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) resources
Clinical Excellence Commission (CEC)
Australian Govt - Department of Health
CDC - Centers for Disease Control - US
Specialty Guide from CIAP on COVID-19 resources
Link to UptoDate expert Summary
Coronavirus COVID_19 Global Cases by Johns Hopkins CSSE
National Library of Medicine Covid-19 resources
RCN - Royal College of Nursing
Expert Searches
Ask your librarian to perform a search for you or visit the
Expert Searches page for detailed search strategies produced by expert searchers.
ALIA Health Libraries Australia COVID-19 live literature searches on selected topics (Chrome recommended)
Surge Training literature search results click here (results of a literature search conducted by J. Reading and K. McMillan October 2020 in response to a request for information on surge training in ICUs for nurses)
Search across all of our resources
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Search Blacktown Mount Druitt Hospital Library Coronavirus resources
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Quick Links to BMDH Libraries
This content has been compiled to assist staff to access evidence based information on COVID-19 and is provided by the Peter Zelas and the Mount Druitt Hospital Libraries. With thanks to WSLHD, NSLHD and other library colleagues for sharing content and links to make this a valuable resource for finding reputable information.