Washing Your Hands Stops MRSA: Stop MRSA in Jails and Prisons

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• Alternative Title:
  Washing your hands stops Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ; 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:
  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; Avoid taking germs home. How? Wash hands with soap and water; Rub hands with lather for 20 seconds; Rinse well with water; Dry with a clean towel. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  Title from NIOSHTIC-2
  
  If you have a MRSA infection (correctional staff) - http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2013-114/
  
  
• Subjects:
  Bacterial Infections Communicable Diseases Correctional Facilities Hand Disinfection Law Enforcement Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Microbiology Occupational Health Prisons Safety Safety Management Skin Skin Diseases Staphylococcal Infections Workplace

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• 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; 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. 2013-114, 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:20042050
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:db70d4da8f851b2bc85f3632fa4be066f2bf66275c6d9a2deb29bf74b3fbf1c8a19e2bba37d113482b53030dffb3bd982a6025cdc4875d7d0ff8bc983a554621
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/24021/cdc_24021_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.13 MB ]