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1 in 25 hospital patients gets infection

On any given day, one in 25 hospital patients is battling an infection, says the CDC. It adds up to more than 720,000 a year. Government health officials say despite recent progress, more needs to be done to keep the number of infections down. Alexis Christoforous reports.
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