Search-alert reconciliation worksheet ===================================== StatMedAnalysis | Downloadable worksheet | 5 November 2026 Reconcile incoming alert records against a review inventory and decide which updates reopen screening. Working instructions Freeze a copy of the current inventory before importing an alert. Check each incoming identifier against previously screened and included records. Distinguish duplicate records, new reports of known studies, and potentially new studies. Assign the right next action and retain a raw export. Working record Save a local copy. Use public, hypothetical or aggregate information. Project code ____________________ Prepared on ____________________ Alert source and search version ___________________________________________________________________ Alert interval and export filename ___________________________________________________________________ Raw incoming records ___________________________________________________________________ Exact duplicate records ___________________________________________________________________ New reports linked to existing studies ___________________________________________________________________ Remaining distinct reports for screening ___________________________________________________________________ Unresolved identifier collisions ___________________________________________________________________ Last complete search date and update owner ___________________________________________________________________ Hypothetical worked case A hypothetical alert delivers 12 records. Seven exact duplicates, three new reports from known studies and two other distinct reports sum to 12. The three reports are checked for changed outcome data and the other two enter screening. Decision and follow-up The disposition counts must sum to the imported count using mutually exclusive dispositions. Resolve ambiguous matches manually. An alert can support surveillance while a full update search still needs its own coverage assessment. Decision _______________________ Date ___________________________ Evidence retained at _____________________________________________ Next action ____________________ Owner __________________________ Official reference checked 5 November 2026 https://www.cochrane.org/authors/handbooks-and-manuals/handbook/current/chapter-04