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Building Data Quality and Confidence in Data Reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Kathryn E. Arnold  and
Nicola D. Thompson
Kathryn E. Arnold*
Affiliation:
Surveillance Branch, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Nicola D. Thompson
Affiliation:
Surveillance Branch, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
*
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Surveillance Branch, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, 1600 Clifton Road, Mailstop A-24, Atlanta, GA 30333 (kea3@cdc.gov)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 33 , Issue 5 , May 2012 , pp. 446 - 448
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2012

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