Safety Alert
Health Issue – Soft Tissue Infections (MRSA)
Health Issue – Soft Tissue Infections (MRSA)
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 05-39
- Occupational Health
- Occupational health
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Summary
This health alert reports MRSA skin infections on some rigs in a fleet. Drawing on information from company medical advisers, it highlights the need for awareness of identification, treatment, prevention and spread control. The supplied extract does not describe individual cases or specific control measures.
Classifications: Occupational health; worker health.
IADC Alert 05-39. Themes: occupational health.