Early evaluation of the transition from an analog to an electronic surgical logbook system in Sierra Leone

BMC Medical Education

Table 1 Criteria and categories for matching e-logbook entries with hospital records

Criteria:	Categories:
1. Name of the study participant recorded in the hospital record entry 2. Identical date of operation (+/− 1 day) 3. Identical patient ID^a: a. Patient sex b. Patient age 4. Identical procedure	• Match: An entry was considered a match if the first and at least two of the remaining criteria were met • Overreported: E-logbook database entries that were not categorized as a match were considered overreported • Underreported: Procedures in the name of the participants in the HRs not meeting the criteria for a match were considered underreported

^aSome study hospitals did not record patient sex in the hospital records (HRs). During the matching of these procedures, patient sex was deduced from the type of procedure performed, the given name of the patient, or both. Some study hospitals did not record patient age in the HRs. During the matching of these procedures, the only criterion used for matching patient IDs was “Patient sex”

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