MRSA
- ITS Environmental Services
- Oct 29, 2024
- 2 min read
Updated: Jun 11, 2025
ITS Environmental Services is the leading expert in the disinfection of MRSA. We provide emergency commercial and residential disinfecting services throughout New York, Long Island, New Jersey and Connecticut 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
MRSA is methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, a type of staph bacteria that is resistant to several antibiotics. In the general community, MRSA most often causes skin infections. In some cases, it causes pneumonia (lung infection) and other issues. If left untreated, MRSA infections can become severe and cause sepsis-a life-threatening reaction to severe infection in the body.
MRSA Symptoms
Most staph skin infections, including MRSA, appear as a bump or infected area on the skin that might be:
Red
Swollen
Painful
Warm to the touch
Full of pus or other drainage and accompanied by a fever
MRSA Transmission
Anyone can get MRSA on their body from contact with an infected wound or by sharing personal items, such as towels or razors, that have touched infected skin. MRSA infection risk can be increased when a person is in activities or places that involve crowding, skin-to-skin contact, and shared equipment or supplies. People including athletes, daycare and school students, military personnel in barracks, and those who recently received inpatient medical care are at higher risk.
MRSA Disinfection Methods
Launder all clothing/bedding/towels with color safe bleach in hot water.
Surface wipe all areas with Hospital Grade quaternary disinfectant (especially high contact areas).
Electro Static Spray application of surface protector
