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American Society of Anesthesiology scoring discrepancies affect surgical-site-infection risk index rates within the National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance System.
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ASA scoring discrepancies may bias hospital SSI surveillance metrics; leaves open need for standardized protocols in national databases.
Charles Salemi, Diana Anderson, Douglas Flores, American Society of Anesthesiology Scoring Discrepancies Affecting the National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance System: Surgical-Site-Infection Risk Index Rates, Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Vol. 18, No. 4 (Apr., 1997), pp. 246-247
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