Written by admin on November 23rd, 2007
The Vail Sun reported that Desert Sky Middle School had a confirmed case of MRSA. The school is located in Vail, Arizona. In response the school has sanitized all bathrooms and sports facilities. They have also have made hand sanitizer available in class rooms.
I’m a strong believer in hand sanitizer in class rooms. I hate […]
Written by admin on November 22nd, 2007
I recently came across this letter written to a newspaper “Reaction to staph outbreak disproportionate to risk”. In this letter the author makes a lot of good points.
The author says, that the publics reaction to staph is over-rated. After all The Centers for Disease Control predicts only 19,000 people will die from MRSA each year […]
Written by admin on November 22nd, 2007
ÊMichael Madrid contracted MRSA when he was hospitalized for a bike accident. Doctors tried several antibiotic drugs until they found the one that worked, Cubincin.
He had to receive daily infusions of the drug at the hospital for 3 months. Although the infection is gone, MRSA is known to unsuspectingly return. Mandrid is happy that […]