What Is the Denominator for the Performance Measure, "Percentage of Surgery

question 7

Multiple Choice

What is the denominator for the performance measure, "percentage of surgery patients who received prophylactic antibiotics within one hour of the surgery start time"?

• A) Number of surgery patients who receive prophylactic antibiotics within 1 hour of the surgery start time
• B) Number of surgery patients who did not receive prophylactic antibiotics within 1 hour of the surgery start time
• C) Number of surgery patients for whom preoperative antibiotics were ordered
• D) Number of surgery patients

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