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Abstract

In the article by Sweed et al., 1 could the authors please comment on the following: 1. The authors stated that "Documentation was good for date and time of surgery (100%), name of surgeon (100%), procedure (100%), duration of surgery (94%), operative diagnosis (92%), incision details (84%), and signature (84%). Documentation was poor for tourniquet time (32%)-a pneumatic tourniquet was used in 25 patients (only 8 uses were documented), for closure details (16%), and for postoperative instructions (24%)." What were the factors responsible for documentation rates of <100%? 2. Is there any consensus in your hospital on monitoring documentation or classifying the causes of insufficient or inappropriate documentation? 3. Up to 11.4% of drug errors may be due to the use