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The Mission of the Department of Healthcare Epidemiology is to establish and maintain a proactive program of surveillance, prevention and control of nosocomial infections and occupational exposures to infectious diseases. We will utilize policy/procedure, education, communication and epidemiological techniques to promote good outcomes.
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Epidemiology is the study of various factors influencing the occurrence, distribution, prevention, and control of disease and injury in the human population.
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Epidemiology in the News
Hospitals marshal resources to wipe out MRSA
USA Today, Dec. 3, 2007
A recent federal report on the growth of “superbugs” — deadly bacteria resistant against most antibiotics — has renewed public attention to how hospitals are faring in their decades-long war. C. Glen Mayhall, director of infectious diseases at UTMB, is quoted. Epidemiologist Pamela Falk is featured in a photograph.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-12-02-superbug_N.htm
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