Check Your Understanding
Question:
In the following audit results, what is the appropriate denominator if you want to know the percentage of patients appropriately prescribed antibiotics for community-acquired pneumonia?
Total charts in audit |
128 |
Cases with pneumonia |
75 |
Hospital-acquired |
30 |
Community-acquired |
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Appropriate antibiotic |
40 |
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a. 128
b. 45
c. 30
d. 75
e. 40
Question:
When benchmarks don’t exist, the audit is of little value. (true or false)
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