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1US Army Medical Department, Uniformed Services University, former Adjunct Faculty, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA.
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As an Army health care provider for nearly 40 years and former acting Surgeon General of the Army, I know well the critical needs to ensure troop medical readiness and to respond to changing environments. We must use all the tools available to promote the health and well-being of our military personnel. There is one tool we have yet to deploy which I believe we should. Incorporating nasal decolonization strategies in congregant settings using alcohol-based antiseptics, just as several military hospitals have done, is a cost-effective and clinically-proven solution to help mitigate the risk of infections.
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