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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


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