What Is MRSA? (Correctional Officers)

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  What is MRSA? MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) is a germ that lives on the skin and in the nose. An untreated MRSA infection can become very serious. MRSA usually starts as a bump on the skin. It can be red, full of pus, warm, painful, or swollen, and may look like a spider bite. If you have a skin sore: Contact a nurse or doctor right away; Don't touch or pop the sore; Don't touch the pus or drain it yourself; Cover the sore with a bandage. How does MRSA spread? MRSA spreads when people touch infected skin, pus, or surfaces where it is present; Surfaces include personal items, such as razors, clothing, towels, and bedsheets; Surfaces include things commonly used by everybody, such as doorknobs and gym equipment; MRSA can spread by tattooing done by inmates. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Bacterial Infections Communicable Diseases Correctional Facilities Law Enforcement Microbiology Occupational Health Safety Skin Skin Diseases Workplace
• Keywords:
  Administration Bacteria Bacterial-disease Bacterial-infections Correctional-facilities Infection-control Infectious-diseases Law-enforcement-workers Microorganisms Prison-workers Skin-diseases Skin-disorders Skin-infections Surveillance-programs Work-environment Worker-health

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• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2013117
• 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:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20042046
• Citation:
  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, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2013-117, 2013 Jan; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/210035/cdc_210035_DS1.pdf
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