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An effort to improve the accuracy of documented surgical wound classifications.

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Published in 2018 at "American journal of surgery"

DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2017.11.029

Abstract: BACKGROUND Discordance between circulating nurse- and surgeon diagnosis-based wound classifications may lead to erroneous risk-adjusted rates of surgical site infections with effects on inter-hospital rating, reimbursement, and public perceptions regarding quality of care. METHODS After… read more here.

Keywords: intervention; post intervention; discordance; surgical wound ... See more keywords