How is MRSA spread in a Health-care facility?
According to the CDC, patients who already have a MRSA infection or who carry the bacteria on their bodies but have no symptoms are the most common sources of transmission in health-care facilities. The main mode of transmission to other patients is through human hands, especially health-care workers’ hands. Hands may become contaminated with MRSA bacteria through contact with infected or colonized patients. If appropriate hand hygiene such as washing with soap and water is not performed, the bacteria can be spread when the health-care worker touches other patients. How else is MRSA spread? If a person who has not been hospitalized or had medical procedures within the last 12 months develops a staph or MRSA infection, it is likely the result of a Community-Acquired MRSA (CA-MRSA) infection. CA-MRSA is spread by skin-to-skin contact or contact with items or surfaces that have come into contact with someone else’s infection. According to the CDC, MRSA infections can occur anywhere. Certa
