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In what settings do MRSA skin infections occur?

• MRSA skin infections can occur anywhere.

• Some settings have factors that make it easier for MRSA to be transmitted.

• These factors, referred to as the 5 Cs, are as follows: Crowding, frequent skin-to-skin Contact, Compromised skin (i.e., cuts or abrasions), Contaminated items and surfaces, and lack of Cleanliness.

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Estimated Impact of Influenza Pandemics

By CDC

1918-19 Spanish Flu (H1N1)
• 20-50 million deaths worldwide
• >500,000 U.S. deaths

1957-58 Asian Flu (H2N2)
• 70,000 U.S. deaths

1968-69 Hong Kong Flu (H3N2)
• 34,000 U.S. deaths

Estimated Impact of a Future Avian Influenza Pandemic in the U.S.

Deaths: 89,000 - 207,000
Hospitalizations: 314,000 - 734,000
Outpatient visits: 18 - 42 million
Additional illnesses: 20 - 47 million
Economic impact: $71.3 - 166.5 billion
Population affected: 15-35% (U.S. population: 290 million)

Meltzer M, et al. Emerging Infectious Diseases 1999;5:659-671

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is one of the 13 major operating components of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which is the principal agency in the United States government for protecting the health and safety of all Americans and for providing essential human services, especially for those people who are least able to help themselves.

Since it was founded in 1946 to help control malaria, CDC has remained at the forefront of public health efforts to prevent and control infectious and chronic diseases, injuries, workplace hazards, disabilities and environmental health threats.