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Implementation should be a standard component of practice guidelines and guidance documents

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 March 2023

Joshua K. Schaffzin*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio Division of Infectious Diseases, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
Emily E. Sickbert-Bennett
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, UNC- Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Department of Infection Prevention, UNC Medical Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Valerie M. Deloney
Affiliation:
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), Arlington, Virginia
David J. Weber
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, UNC- Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Department of Infection Prevention, UNC Medical Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
*
Author for correspondence: Joshua K Schaffzin, E-mail: JSchaffzin@cheo.on.ca

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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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Footnotes

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Current address: Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

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