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1. CDC's John Jernigan Discusses Landmark Reduce Mrsa Trial

   Friday May 31 | Infection Control Today

   Today, on CDC's Safe Healthcare Blog, John Jernigan, MD, director of CDC's Office of Prevention Research and Evaluation and head of CDC's Prevention Epicenters Program, provides insight into how a collaboration between public health, academia, and a health system took a novel idea from a hypothesis to 74,000 patients.

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2. High Prevalence of CA-MRSA Found in Nursing Homes

   Feb 11, 2013 | Infection Control Today

   While most infection control measures are focused on hospitals, a new study points to the need for more targeted interventions to prevent the spread of drug-resistant bugs in nursing homes as community-associated strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus are on the rise in these facilities.

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   Related Topix: MRSA, Health, UC Irvine, Orange County, CA

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