Table 1 Categories for strength of each recommendation
From: APSIC Guidelines for environmental cleaning and decontamination
Categories for strength of each recommendation | |
|---|---|
CATEGORY | DEFINITION |
A | Good evidence to support a recommendation for use |
B | Moderate evidence to support a recommendation for use. |
C | Insufficient evidence to support a recommendation for or against use |
D | Moderate evidence to support a recommendation against use. |
E | Good evidence to support a recommendation against use. |
Categories for quality of evidence on which recommendations are made | |
GRADE | DEFINITION |
I | Evidence from at least one properly randomized, controlled trial. |
II | Evidence from at least one well-designed clinical trial without randomization, from cohort or case-controlled analytic studies, preferably from more than one centre, from multiple time series, or from dramatic results in uncontrolled experiments. |
III | Evidence from opinions of respected authorities on the basis of clinical experience, descriptive studies, or reports of expert committees. |