Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Depending on the specific workplace situation, some personal protective equipment (PPE) may be needed as a barrier against the transmission of MRSA from an infected person to a non-infected employee. This may include, but is not limited to, the use of gloves, eye protection and facemasks (e.g., surgical masks).
Personal protective equipment (PPE) may be needed as a barrier against the transmission of MRSA.
Sanitation
This OSHA standard (1910.141) requires an employer to provide:
- hot and cold running water or tepid running water in each lavatory
- hand soap or similar cleansing agents
- individual hand towels or sections thereof, of cloth or paper, warm air blowers or clean individual sections of continuous cloth toweling, convenient to the lavatories
- individual clean towels to employees who use showers
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2-5. Some personal protective equipment (PPE) can act as a _____ against the transmission of MRSA.
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