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The Role of Bundle Size for Preventing Surgical Site Infections after Colorectal Surgery: Is More Better?

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We thank Justus Cladders for technical support in data management and analysis.

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  1. Centre of Public Health and Healthcare, Medical Psychology Unit, Hannover Medical School, OE 5430, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany

    Ivonne Tomsic & Thomas von Lengerke

  2. Department of Diagnostics, Institute of Hygiene, Hospital Epidemiology and Environmental Medicine, Leipzig University Hospital, Leipzig, Germany

    Iris F. Chaberny & Bettina Schock

  3. Centre of Public Health and Healthcare, Institute of Epidemiology, Social Medicine and Health Systems Research, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

    Nicole R. Heinze & Christian Krauth

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Tomsic, I., Chaberny, I.F., Heinze, N.R. et al. The Role of Bundle Size for Preventing Surgical Site Infections after Colorectal Surgery: Is More Better?. J Gastrointest Surg 22, 765–766 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-018-3670-8

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