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How Accurately Are Starting Times Documented in the Medical Record? Implications for Surgical Infection Prevention Performance Measurement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Michele R. Bozikis
Affiliation:
Division of Quality Measurement and Research, The Joint Commission, Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois
Barbara I. Braun*
Affiliation:
Division of Quality Measurement and Research, The Joint Commission, Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois
Stephen B. Kritchevsky
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina J. Paul Sticht Center on Aging, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
*
The Joint Commission, Division of Quality Measurement and Research, One Renaissance Boulevard, Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181 (bbraun@jointcommission.org)

Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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