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Intraoperative bacitracin irrigations for the prevention of surgical site infections—Consider the alternatives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2020

Lina Meng*
Affiliation:
Stanford Health Care, Stanford, California
Stan Deresinski
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
Marisa Holubar
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
*
Author for correspondence: Lina Meng, E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

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© 2020 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.

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Footnotes

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This measurement was originally incorrect and has since been corrected. A corrigendum notice detailing this change has also been published (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.1382).

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