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Learn how to improve care transitions and prevent avoidable hospital readmissions, and pick up nursing and medical education con-ed credits.
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Community-acquired MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) has been spreading throughout communities in the United States. Now, it is also spreading in the nation's hospitals, where the burden of hospital-acquired MRSA is already substantial. This means that it is even more important for hospitals to adopt infection control measures appropriate to local conditions.
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