Infection Control

1. Wash Hands!
   • Keep hands clean by washing with soap and water or using alcohol-based hand sanitizer

2. Don't Share!
   • Razors
   • Towels or Wash Cloths – wash them frequently

3. Keep cuts and scrapes clean and covered with bandage until healed
   • Avoid contact with other people's wounds or bandages

4. Staph
   • May look like pimple or boil; can be red, swollen, painful, have pus or drainage
   • Mainly transmitted from skin to skin contact with someone with a staph infection
   • Contact with items and surfaces that have staph
   • Openings in skin
   • Crowded living conditions
   • Poor hygiene
   

5. MRSA Information

6. Seek medical advice if symptomatic or have any questions

7. For additional information, view Centers for Disease Control