Level 1 (L1) is the clinical guideline, generally a narrative, often in Portable Document Format (PDF), and includes:

Author(s) (professional society, institution, or individual(s)

Clinical Focus

Scope

Goal(s)/ Objective(s)

Clinical Practice Setting(s)

Recommendations (definition of clinical practice suggestions)

[including GRADES and PICOT- defer to EBM WG]

Clinical Interventions (definition of specific actions for each recommendation)

Who / what is included (inclusions)

Who / what is excluded (exclusions)

Policy considerations (e.g. privacy, access, regulations)

Evidence-base (usually graded, with provenance or source for all evidence used)

For example, see the Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain (2016) or Gonococcal Infections in Adolescents and Adults (2015) (https://www.cdc.gov/std/tg2015/gonorrhea.htm) published by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).