Assessment of athletic health care facility surfaces for MRSA in the secondary school setting.
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Summary
It is evident that significant exposure opportunities to MRSA exist in athletic training clinics and adjacent facilities for both the patient and the clinician, and the findings point to the need for community hygiene education about skin and soft tissue infections like MRSA.
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- article
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- 2010-03-02
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- 12
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Keywords
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Hygiene, Medicine, Outbreak, Population
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