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Factors Affecting Adherence to a Preoperative Surgical Site Infection Prevention Protocol

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2016

Joshua K. Schaffzin*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases
Colleen Mangeot
Affiliation:
Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Heidi Sucharew
Affiliation:
Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Andrew F. Beck
Affiliation:
Division of Hospital Medicine
Peter F. Sturm
Affiliation:
Alvin H. Crawford Spine Center, Division of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
*
Address correspondence to Joshua K. Schaffzin, MD, PhD, Clinical Fellow, Division of Infectious Diseases, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue MLC 7017; Cincinnati, Ohio 45229-3039 (joshua.schaffzin@cchmc.org).

Abstract

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© 2016 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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