Infection Control 8-Minute Solution: MRSA

In a healthcare facility, controlling transmission of MRSA is everyone’s concern!

• 8 minute visual presentation available in DVD or VHS
• Bonus Resource CD containing a 10-Question Post Test
• Available upon request 1 Free Site License per viewing address*

Learning Objective: To motivate all healthcare staff on the importance of implementing infection prevention strategies to prevent the transmission of MRSA

Developed to train all staff, this program identifies the two types of MRSA (hospital-associated and community-acquired), describes how MRSA is transmitted, and outlines strategies to prevent transmission.

Additionally, staff will be informed on:

• MRSA infection vs. colonization
• Rapid identification
• Importance of hand hygiene
• Contact Precautions
• Reporting
• Cleaning and disinfecting

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• New Employee Orientation
• Annual In-service
• Nursing Education
• Remedial/ Risk Reduction Training
• General Staff Education

Screening for MRSA: How to Swab

8 minutes

As surveillance becomes increasingly important, accurate tests are vital in the fight against the transmission of MRSA!

MRSA: Time for Action

20 minutes

“MRSA is one of the major-hospital-acquired infections. If you look at the morbidity and the cost of these infections it is very, very serious; not just in the United States but all throughout the world, and it’s really time for us to act.”- -William R. Jarvis, MD

Top Priority: CDC Guideline for Multiple Drug-Resistant Organisms (MDROs)

15 minutes

Multiple drug-resistant organisms (MDROs) spread easily in the healthcare environment and are very resistant to the most common antibiotic treatments. Help your facility reduce the incidence or prevalence of MDROs by implementing the interventions outlined in this program.

Partners in Care…Drug-Resistant Organisms for Patient Education (Program Two)

9 minutes

This program educates patients and their family members on what it means to be colonized or infected with a drug resistant organism (DRO), and what to do to prevent transmission both in the hospital and once the patient is discharged home.