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Vandael, Eline http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7338-0217
Latour, Katrien
Goossens, Herman
Magerman, Koen
Drapier, Nico
Catry, Boudewijn
Versporten, Ann
Funding for this research was provided by:
BioMérieux (not applicable)
Vlaamse regering (Methusalem grant)
Article History
Received: 18 October 2019
Accepted: 12 December 2019
First Online: 13 January 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All participating hospitals had to ask their local ethics committee for approval of the study protocol. A data-privacy excerpt for the conduction of the Global-PPS was made available for that purpose. All hospital data were coded with a unique number.
: Not applicable<b>.</b>
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.