Table 3.

Example recommendations mapped against indicator eligibility criteria

Indicator eligibility criteria	Example exclusions	Rationale for exclusion
Strength of wording	Following multidisciplinary review, if moderate to severe depression in a child (5–11 years) is unresponsive to a specific psychological therapy after four to six sessions, the addition of fluoxetine should be cautiously considered, although the evidence for its effectiveness in this age group is not established29	Use of wording: ‘cautiously considered’ and ‘evidence for its effectiveness in this age group is not established’
Likelihood of documentation	In children aged 4 weeks to 5 years, healthcare professionals should measure body temperature by one of the following methods: Electronic thermometer in the axilla Chemical dot thermometer in the axilla Infrared tympanic thermometer30	The method used to measure body temperature is unlikely to be documented in a medical record
Guiding statement without recommended action	Observation of infants and young children (ie, aged under 5 years) is a difficult exercise and therefore should only be performed by units with staff experienced in the observation of infants and young children with a head injury. Infants and young children may be observed in normal paediatric observation settings, as long as staff have the appropriate experience31	Guiding statement with no specific actions/criteria able to be used to determine compliance