Washing your hands stops MRSA; stop MRSA in jails and prisons

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• Alternative Title:
  Stop MRSA in jails and prisons ; Washing your hands stops MRSA (inmates)
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Washing your hands stops MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus). Why wash? ?MRSA germs live on skin; Germs can spread quickly in jails and prisons; Washing hands removes germs. How? ?Wash hands with soap and water for 20 seconds; Rinse well and dry with a clean towel. When? ?After touching or blowing your nose; Before and after touching broken or infected skin; Before and after changing bandages; After touching soiled or wet laundry; After using the restroom.
  
  NIOSHTIC-2 database uses title: Washing your hands stops MRSA. (inmates).
  
  
• Subjects:
  Correctional Institutions Hand Disinfection Industrial Hygiene Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Methicillin Resistance Occupational Health Prevention & Control Prisons Safety Staphylococcal Infections Staphylococcus Aureus Infections Workplace

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• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Document Type:
  Still Image
• Genre:
  Poster
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Pages in Document:
  print; [1] p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20042049
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f2bc48d81b1f008d1bc9b64a918a0a83d77de0d691128a3bc3c9098921969f5c51d9108f3bbbb84a2975bc21dbbd515a4ac2f533bb8bceaa1a33c1782ae0c5ff
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/12365/cdc_12365_DS1.pdf
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