MRSA. Can you wash it off your hands if you make contact with infected objects/people?

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Information online is just not clear enough about this. There’s a lot of talk about washing hands but does washing your hands after touching an infected object/person actually PREVENT you from becoming a carrier? As in, can you just wash MRSA off should you get it on your hands? I started working in a care home with someone who has it and do NOT want to become a carrier by any means but it’s impossible for me not to touch anything at all.

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Yes. Hand washing has been time tested and proven to be the single most effective measure against contamination in a health care setting. All the microbes including MRSA has lipid bilayer cell membrane , which are destroyed when you work up a lather with soap. There are standard procedures ( 8 steps) of hand washing that should be followed , and you’re good to go.

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