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Surgical Infection Prevention, 2006

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1 Surgical Infection Prevention, 2006
QUALITY: SAFE CARE Surgical Infection Prevention, 2006 Percent of surgical patients who received appropriate timing of antibiotics to prevent infections* Hospitals States * Comprised of two indicators: antibiotics started within 1 hour before surgery and stopped 24 hours after surgery. Data: A. Jha and A. Epstein, Harvard School of Public Health analysis of data from CMS Hospital Compare. Source: Commonwealth Fund National Scorecard on U.S. Health System Performance, 2008


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