Your Institution Has Identified a Recent Rise in Postsurgical Infection

question 18

Multiple Choice

Your institution has identified a recent rise in postsurgical infection rates.As part of your QI analysis,you are interested in determining how your infection rates compare with those of institutions of similar size and patient demographics.Such a determination is known as:

• A) Quality assurance.
• B) Sentinel data.
• C) Benchmarking.
• D) Statistical analysis.

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