This increase in payment actually resulted in a full time nocturnist in the group. One article published by The Hospitalist eWire on May 22nd, 2013 does help shed some light on the night shift differential benchmarks.
1 MRSA can live for up to 8 weeks on a mop head. 2  MRSA can live for up to 9 weeks on a cotton towel. 3  MRSA can live for up to 203 days (over 6 moths) on a blanket. 4  MRSA can live on the skin of otherwise healthy individuals, with no symptoms indefinitely. If you have an active MRSA infection on your skin, it is contagious. 2  If someone touches your infections, or touches something that came in contact with your infections (like a towel), that person could get MRSA. 3  If you are a MRSA carrier, you still have the bacteria on your skin and in your nose.
How long does staph and MRSA survive on surfaces? As with other germs, staph and MRSA can survive on some surfaces for hours, days or even months, but it all depends on factors like temperature, humidity, the amount