MRSA and Fire Station Personnel
University of Washington Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, in collaboration with Snohomish County Fire District 1 Medic Unit
Project Summary
The overall goal of the project is to educate Fire Station personnel, by raising awareness of individual behavioral and station changes needed to reduce levels of MRSA on Fire Station surfaces, Medic 1 Unit trucks, and carried by assigned personnel.
Amount Awarded: $256,491
Products
Isolation and Characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from Fire
Stations in Two Northwest Fire Districts (Case Study) (1.5 MB PDF / 4 min.).- Isolation and Molecular Characterization of MRSA Isolated from Fire/Medic Trucks and Fire Station Living Quarters
(Poster) (406 KB PDF).
- Methicillin Resistant
Staphylococcus aureus MRSA
and Fire Departments Presentation (599 KB PDF).
