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Antibiotic prophylaxis practices in neurosurgery: A Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 December 2021

Rahul A. Sastry
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, Warren Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
Elaina J. Wang
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, Warren Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
Leonard A. Mermel*
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology and Infection Control, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island Division of Infectious Diseases, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island Department of Medicine, Warren Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
*
Author for correspondence: Leonard A Mermel, E-mail: lmermel@lifespan.org

Abstract

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Copyright
© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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