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Table 1 The RRNA pilot progress from day 1 to 5

From: A rapid research needs appraisal methodology to identify evidence gaps to inform clinical research priorities in response to outbreaks—results from the Lassa fever pilot

Team

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Coordinating team (CT)

âť– Pilot triggered

âť– Protocol reviewed, updated, and submitted to information specialist and SRT

 

âť– Manual retrieval of full-text articles

âť– Full-text articles uploaded to Dropbox as pdfs

âť– Manual retrieval of full-text articles

âť– Full-text articles uploaded to Dropbox as pdfs

âť– Data collated and incorporated into the final report at the end of day 5

Information specialist

âť– Search completed

âť– Search result submitted to the SRT as Endnote file

âť– Automatic full-text article retrieval (Endnote)

❖ Full-text articles submitted as pdf’s or URLs

   

Systematic review teams (SRT)

âť– Title and abstract screening

âť– Title and abstract screening

âť– Full-text screening

âť– Full-text screening

âť– Data extraction

âť– Full-text screening

âť– Data extraction

âť– Full-text screening

âť– Final resolution of conflicts

âť– Data extraction

âť– Data extraction table and associated information submitted to the CT via e-mail