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Survey of Cesarean Delivery Infection Prevention Practices Across US Academic Centers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 July 2015

Cynthia Argani ,
Evie Notis ,
Rachel Moseley ,
Kerri Huber ,
Scott Lifchez ,
Leigh Ann Price ,
Jonathan Zenilman ,
Andrew Satin ,
Trish M. Perl  and
Geetika Sood
Cynthia Argani
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Evie Notis
Affiliation:
Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts
Rachel Moseley
Affiliation:
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland
Kerri Huber
Affiliation:
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland
Scott Lifchez
Affiliation:
Department of Plastic Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Leigh Ann Price
Affiliation:
Department of Plastic Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Jonathan Zenilman
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Andrew Satin
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Trish M. Perl
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland Epidemiology and Infection Prevention, Johns Hopkins Health System, Baltimore, Maryland
Geetika Sood*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
*
Address correspondence to Geetika Sood, MD, Center Tower, 3rd Floor, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, 5200 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD (Gsood1@jhmi.edu).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 36 , Supplement 10 , October 2015 , pp. 1245 - 1247
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© 2015 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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