Mrsa Hand Sanitizer

2013 112 january 2013 this two page factsheet summarizes information about mrsa and the workplace.

Mrsa hand sanitizer. Veterinary health care and the workplace. Apply the sanitizer to one hand rub your hands together trying to cover all surfaces of your hands and fingers until your hands are dry. Nih research on mrsa external icon.

In 2000 pittet and colleagues from university of geneva hospitals switzerland conducted a quasi experimental interventional cohort study to assess the effect of enhancement of hand hygiene compliance on mrsa transmission and nosocomial infection rates. Mrsa and the workplace dhhs niosh publication no. Environmental cleaning and disinfecting for mrsa.

Here s the bottom line. Don t count on hand sanitizers for 100 protection from anything. However according to the us national library of medicine alcohol based hand sanitizers are most useful for preventing mrsa.

The evidence and the known. Sakamoto f 1 yamada h suzuki c sugiura h tokuda y. But most people don t know the right mrsa hand washing techniques.

Hand washing is the easiest way to help remove mrsa germs from your hands but beware using antibacterial soaps. If you cannot access soap and water use an alcohol based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60 alcohol to clean hands. Washing your hands with soap and water does reduce bacteria.

Do wash your hands often. Not only are alcohol based hand sanitizers found to be effective at killing many types of bacteria including mrsa and e coli they re also effective against many viruses including the. The ultimate aim of mrsa control strategies is to prevent mrsa clinical infections especially mrsa bacteremia.