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CDC launches initiative to reduce infections at outpatient facilities

"As hospitals get better at keeping serious infections from spreading to patients, a new source of worry is emerging: outpatient clinics, where reports of dangerous transmissions of bacteria and viruses have been on the rise. " (CDC) The main issues outline in this article are: the transmission of viruses and bacteria between patients have increased in outpatient clinics. The problem at one point was mainly in hospitals, once that got maintained, the problem moved to outpatient clinics.

The problem was first discovered at an outpatient facility where chemotherapy and radiation were administered to patients. Treatment of these things are cheaper at an outpatient...