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PROFESSIONAL ISSUESTracking MRSAQuick View. Dec. 10, 2007.  While deaths tripled in 2005, the disease has long been a central target of the nation's infection-control professionals. Nearly 19,000 Americans died from invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in 2005, according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate. The figure was nearly triple the federal agency's 2001 estimate and set off alarms across the country this fall. In a recent survey of 790 clinicians involved in hospital infection control, these specialists said insufficient funding and a stretched work force have hobbled efforts to prevent MRSA and other hospital-associated infections. Other responses: This information and the accompanying full-text visual aids were drawn from the following source:Nonprofit hospital purchasing network Premier Inc., October. [...]
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