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Development of quality metrics for ambulatory pediatric cardiology: Infection prevention

Jonathan N. Johnson^1,2, Cindy S. Barrett³, Wayne H. Franklin⁴, Eric M. Graham⁵, Nancy J. Halnon⁶, Brandy A. Hattendorf⁷, Catherine D. Krawczeski⁸, James J. McGovern⁹, Matthew J. O’Connor¹⁰, Amy H. Schultz¹¹, Jeffrey M. Vinocur¹², Devyani Chowdhury¹³, Jeffrey B. Anderson¹⁴

1 Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
2 Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
3 Children’s Hospital Colorado, Denver, Colorado, USA
4 Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois, USA
5 Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
6 University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
7 Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
8 Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, USA
9 Asheville Cardiology Associates, Mission Health System, Asheville, North Carolina, USA
10 Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
11 Seattle Children’s Hospital, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
12 Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA
13 Cardiology Care for Children, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
14 Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

* Corresponding Author: Jonathan N. Johnson, MD, FACC, FASE, FAAP, Mayo Clinic, Gonda 6-138SW, First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. Email: