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Easy Way to Remember Infection Control

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  • M – multidrug resistant organism
  • R – respiratory infection
  • S – skin infections
  • W – wound infections
  • E – enteric (clostridium difficile)
  • E – eye infection – conjunctivitis

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SPIDERMAN

  • S – sepsis / scarlet fever / streptococcal pharyngitis
  • P – parvovirus B19 / pneumonia / pertussis
  • I – influenza
  • D – diphtheria (pharyngeal)
  • E – epiglottitis
  • R – rubella
  • M – mumps / meningitis / mycoplasma / meningeal pneumonia
  • An – adenovirus

Airborne

MTV

  • M – Measles
  • T – TB
  • V – Varicella