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Table 2 Study classifications [54]

From: Understanding surgical antimicrobial prescribing behaviour in the hospital setting: a systematic review and meta-ethnography protocol

Category

Study characteristics

Key papers

Conceptually rich with the potential to make an important contribution to the synthesis

Satisfactory papers

Less valuable than key papers but still relevant

Questionable papers

Uncertain contribution

Irrelevant

Not relevant to the review question

Fatally flawed

Study data not presented in a usable format