Manager's Checklist for Protecting Correctional Staff from MRSA

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• Alternative Title:
  Managers' checklist for protecting correctional staff from Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ; Stop MRSA in jails and prisons
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  "Safety Culture: Demonstrate to your staff that you support MRSA prevention. Personal Hygiene: Encourage frequent hand washing, and provide soap, water, and individual-use towels
  
  Provide alcohol-based hand sanitizer for employees' use when hand washing is not feasible
  
  Keep hand sanitizer in secure locations away from inmates. Environmental Sanitation: Ensure routine cleaning of frequently touched surfaces
  
  Use sanitizers on surfaces as needed to reduce germs
  
  Use disinfectants on surfaces contaminated with MRSA
  
  Ensure use of gloves and eye protection as directed by product labels
  
  Ensure gloves are worn when handling soiled or wet laundry. Training: Frequently educate staff and inmates about staph/MRSA and how to avoid infections. Prompt and Appropriate Medical Care: Consider waiving inmate sick call fees for skin sores
  
  Promptly refer inmates with skin sores to medical services
  
  Ensure that facility healthcare providers follow recommended treatment protocols
  
  Refer employees with skin symptoms to their personal physician or the department's physician. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): Provide and encourage the proper use of PPE, especially gloves. No Sharing of Personal Items: Instruct staff not to share items such as uniforms, clothing, towels, or water bottles
  
  Instruct inmates not to share towels, washcloths, clothing, bars of soap, or razors." - NIOSHTIC-2
  
  
• Content Notes:
  Title from NIOSHTIC-2
  
  If you have a MRSA infection (correctional staff) - http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2013-121/
  
  
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2013121
• Document Type:
  Still Image
• Genre:
  Poster
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  print ; [1] p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20042054
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/24024/cdc_24024_DS1.pdf
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