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MRSA - Preventing Outbreaks of Super Bugs

Athletes need to practice more than just their sport. Practicing simple hand and surface sanitizing can limit antibiotic-resistant infections at the gym.

Athletes and coaches should know that you have a better chance than average of contracting a skin infection that resists most antibiotics and can prove fatal under certain circumstances. Simple practices such as wiping down equipment and using disinfecting wipes between workouts can wipe out most super-bugs effectively and it is convenient.

A recently released survey of U.S. athletic trainers has found that more than half have treated an athlete for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) over the past 12 months. The Web-based survey made public at a conference of infection control experts in April, fount that of 364 certified trainers interviewed, 53 percent had seen such infections. Eighty-six percent of the infections were among male players, 65 percent of whom were football players.

“MRSA can be easily spread from person to person by direct or indirect contact,” says Jean Fleming, R.N. and Infection Control Education Manager for Professional Disposables International (POD), the Healthcare division of Nice-Pak Products Inc. Athletes who participate in contact sports or even work-out in a community gym, can substantially reduce the risk of MRSA by adopting a few simple practices.

Safe locker room hygiene should include the following:

Frequently sanitize hands after competing or working out
Regularly wipe down mats, helmets, protective padding, common-area surfaces, and other equipment
Immediately treat and wrap all scrapes, burns, and rashes
Ensure availability of soap and water and encourage routing showering after each practice or game; and
Make clean towels available and have them washed immediately after each use.

This exert was taken from an article in the May 2007 issue of School Planning & Management

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