MRSA and the Workplace [2013]

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) is a potentially dangerous type of staph bacteria. Staph is commonly carried on the skin or in the nose of healthy people and can sometimes cause infection. MRSA is resistant to treatment by certain antibiotics. Although the infection may start as a minor skin sore, it can become serious, sometimes even fatal. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Anti-Bacterial Agents Antibodies Bacterial Infections Communicable Diseases Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Skin
• Keywords:
  Infection-control; Skin; Skin-exposure; Skin-infections; Skin-protection; Bacteria; Bacterial-disease; Bacterial-infections; Antibiotics; Antibody-response; Health-hazards; Exposure-levels; Risk-factors; Surveillance-programs
• Source:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Publication No. 2013-112, 2013 Jan; :1-2
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2013112
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20042231
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f00ca6ca241365079a512d120bf6d3efd8d986733a1861e5ee9beaf044920d6257ae580bbfdc51af62f94df74cf9110cfeb7133c7941068ed0a4797e285d574f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/12346/cdc_12346_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 672.83 KB ]