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Health care‐associated infections are associated with increased length of stay and cost but not mortality in children undergoing cardiac surgery

Sarah Tweddell, Rohit S. Loomba, David S. Cooper, Alexis L. Benscoter

Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio

* Corresponding Author: Sarah Tweddell, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, MLC 2003, Cincinnati, OH 45229. Email: