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Project OverviewMRSA is spreading to the extent that it is becoming a major public health and public safety concern in the United States. ?MRSA is associated with increased hospital length of stays, higher costs, and mortality rates of 6.3 deaths per 100,000 infected patients. Estimates based on calendar year 2005 US data:
Klevens RM, Morrison MA, Nadle J, et al. Invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in the United States. JAMA. 2007;1763-1771. Main ObjectiveTo reduce MRSA infections and transmission. Measures
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For more information, contact Michelle Mills, Project Director, at 303.847.1727 or mmills@coqio.sdps.org or Shari Ward, Project Manager, at 303.669.9581 or sward@coqio.sdps.org or Judy Fye at 720.206.9342 or jfye@coqio.sdps.org. The Colorado Foundation for Medical Care (CFMC), the Medicare quality improvement organization for Colorado, prepared this material under
contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an
agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The contents
do not necessarily reflect CMS Policy. |
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