Sharing Personal Items Can Spread MRSA: Stop MRSA in Jails and Prisons

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• Alternative Title:
  Sharing personal items can spread Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (correctional staff) ; Stop MRSA in jails and prisons
• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) can live on surfaces. Sharing personal items can spread MRSA. At work: Don't share towels, clothing, or water bottles. At home: Don't share razors or toothbrushes and be cautious about sharing bars of soap, towels, washcloths, or clothing. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  Title from NIOSHTIC-2
  
  Sharing personal items can spread MRSA (correctional staff) - http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2013-125/
  
  Also available via the World Wide Web as an Acrobat .pdf file (3 MB, 1 p.).
• Subjects:
  • Bacterial Infections
  • Communicable Diseases
  • Correctional Facilities
  • Hand Disinfection
  • Law Enforcement
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
  • Microbiology
  • Occupational Health
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Prisons
  More +
• Keywords:
  • Skin-diseases; Skin-disorders; Skin-infections; Infection-control; Infectious-diseases; Microorganisms; Bacteria; Bacterial-disease; Bacterial-infections; Prison-workers; Law-enforcement-workers; Correctional-facilities; Administration; Work-environment; Worker-health; Safety-measures; Safety-practices; Personal-protection; Sanitation; 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, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2013-125, 2013 Jan; :1
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Still Image
• Genre:
  Poster
• 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 pdf page
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20042058
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/24010/cdc_24010_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 8.61 MB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4ae69e2c1f0b71b35124d2802063eb71ded296fd773e5d9050fc1ef796cff056f2bdf0d395a9c559b2cc3b631a4a279390f0cd8d2f678d234a6b15f5a2167d18