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Trends in Chlorhexidine Use in US Neonatal Intensive Care Units: Results From a Follow-Up National Survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 June 2016

Julia Johnson*
Affiliation:
Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Rebecca Bracken
Affiliation:
Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Pranita D. Tamma
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
Susan W. Aucott
Affiliation:
Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Cynthia Bearer
Affiliation:
Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Aaron M. Milstone
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
*
Address correspondence to Julia Johnson, MD, Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Charlotte R. Bloomberg Children’s Center, 1800 Orleans St, Ste 8513, Baltimore, MD 21287 (jjohn245@jhmi.edu).

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