Branch-Elliman, Westyn https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9658-5124
Pizer, Steven D.
Dasinger, Elise A.
Gold, Howard S.
Abdulkerim, Hassen
Rosen, Amy K.
Charns, Martin P.
Hawn, Mary T.
Itani, Kamal M. F.
Mull, Hillary J.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Health Services Research and Development (CDA 13-270)
VA (Quality Scholars Program)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (1K12HL138049-01)
Article History
Received: 18 December 2018
Accepted: 27 February 2019
First Online: 6 March 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the VA Boston IRB prior to data collection and analysis. Given the retrospective nature of the work, waiver of consent was obtained.
: Not applicable.
: KI Received an investigator-initiated award from Pfizer to study the epidemiology of <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> surgical site infections. All other authors have no conflicts to report.
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