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The phrase "absence of guidelines" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where there are no established rules or instructions available.
Example: "The project faced numerous challenges due to the absence of guidelines, leading to confusion among team members."
Alternatives: "lack of guidelines" or "nonexistence of guidelines".
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"Simon, what can you mean?" Note the absence of guidelines: no "he said," or "she replied".
"His silence and the absence of guidelines obliged churchmen throughout Europe to decide on their own how to react".
"His silence and the absence of guidelines obliged churchmen throughout Europe to decide on their own how to react," it says.
In the absence of guidelines from Congress and the president for evaluating preventive detention cases, these judges have succeeded in coming up with their own, individual approaches.
In the absence of guidelines, indications of RBC transfusion in this setting were probably quite inconsistent across centers.
The authors hypothesized that wide variations in diagnosis and treatment practices result from the absence of guidelines.
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The predominant absence of guideline-concordant pharmacologic care comprises a crucial target for future policy and knowledge translation efforts.
The use of primary androgen deprivation therapy (PADT) is common in elderly men with early-stage prostate cancer (PCa), despite the absence of guideline recommendations.
Moreover, an absence of guideline on what information should be used in order to assess value for money and a lack of HTA capacity of the TRP secretariat prohibit the use of value for money information in TRP review process.
Furthermore, the absences of guidelines for antibiotic use, protocols for rational therapeutics and infection control committees have led to overuse and misuse of antimicrobials in different specialized units in hospitals.
Their main obstacles were: lack of clarity of the guideline, absence of various guideline recommendations in local protocols, lack of knowledge and failing team communication.
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absence of orders
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absence of criteria
absence of principles
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absence of policy
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absence of criterion
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absence of guidance
absence of director
absence of orientation
absence of directive
absence of guiding
non availability of guidelines
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