Is there anything else I need to know about MRSA tests?
The following steps can reduce your risk of getting a MRSA infection:
Wash your hands often and thoroughly, using soap and water.
Keep cuts and scrapes clean and covered until they are fully healed.
Don't share personal items such as towels and razors.
You can also take steps to reduce antibiotic-resistant infections. Antibiotic resistance happens when people don't use antibiotics in the right way. To prevent antibiotic resistance:
Take antibiotics as prescribed, making sure to finish the medicine even after you feel better.
Don't use antibiotics if you don't have a bacterial infection. Antibiotics don't work on viral infections.
Don't use antibiotics prescribed for someone else.
Don't use old or leftover antibiotics.
