Method of preparation Countries
involved Review
• Multidisciplinary team (39 people)
including service user involvement
• Ten committees. Each prepares its
area prior to conference
• Each committee chair presents
their findings to the entire group.
This is followed by group discussion
and consensus voting
• Each committee reviews any new
information every six months. The
guideline will be updated if the
evidence is thought to be compelling
and a consensus is reached Japan
China
Hong Kong
Singapore
South Africa
Australia
Denmark
Germany
The Netherlands
Italy
Switzerland
UK
Norway
Canada
US Several
updates since
1999. Based
on 2015
Consensus
Conference
on Antiemetic
Therapy
(held in
Copenhagen).
Last update:
2016
• Multidisciplinary team (17t people) US (One
member from
Germany
and one from
Canada;
one patient
representative;
one nurse) First published
in 1999 and
updated in
2006.
2011, 2016 and
2017
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