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About the WFCCN Website

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26.04.2004: This webpage is the official webpage of World Federation of Critical Care Nurses. The material provided on the pages, unless clearly stated, belongs to WFCCN and can not be used by other than members without permission from WFCCN.

28.10.2005 We subscribe to the HONcode principles. Verify here.

This means that the following 8. HON principles are followed in the WFCCN website:

1. Authority
Any medical or health advice provided and hosted on this site will only be given by medically trained and qualified professionals unless a clear statement is made that a piece of advice offered is from a non-medically qualified individual or organisation.

2. Complementarity
The information provided on this site is designed to support, not replace, the relationship that exists between a patient/site visitor and his/her existing physician.

3. Confidentiality and Privacy
# All information sent to us from site visitors (e-mail addresses or/and contact information) is treated as confidential.
# No visitor information will be shared with third parties.

4. Attribution
Where appropriate, information contained on this site will be supported by clear references to source data and, where possible, have specific HTML links to that data. The date when a clinical page was last modified will be clearly displayed (e.g. at the bottom of the page).

5. Justifiability
Any claims relating to the benefits/performance of a specific treatment, commercial product or service will be supported by appropriate, balanced evidence in the manner outlined above in Principle 4.

6. Transparency of authorship
The designers of this Web site will seek to provide information in the clearest possible manner and provide contact addresses for visitors that seek further information or support. The Webmaster will display his/her E-mail address clearly throughout the Web site.

7. Transparency of sponsorship
WFCCN is a non-commercial organisation. We present material form other non-commercial organisations that we collaborate in a transparent way. The current site is funded by Code Blue who has contributed to funding. Code Blue has no role in publication of editorial content of the site.

8. Honesty in advertising & editorial policy
Advertising and other promotional material on this website is presented to viewers in a manner and context that facilitates differentiation between it and the original material created by the institution operating the site. Material from sponsors collaborating with WFCCN included on the site, and other commercial material is accompanied by the word "Advertising".

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26.04.2004: The advertising policy on this website is to clearly separate editiorial and commercial material. The WFCCN website presents information about its sponsors on designated "Sponsors" pages.