MRSA Infections Can Bug Fitness Buffs

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Finally, practice good personal hygiene in and out of the gym.

"Washing your hands a number of times a day is the best defense we have against MRSA infections. That simple act trumps everything else that you can do," Alex Tomich, an infection control practitioner at Loyola University Medical Center, said in a prepared statement. "And you should always make sure to shower after every workout."

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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has more about MRSA.

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-- Kevin McKeever