EEEEEEEWWWWWWWW.
Drug-resistant staph infections are on the rise.
A school in New York has found a student and an employee with MRSA, or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. A student in Virginia died from the infection, and 21 schools were closed and cleaned as a result.
It's never too late to repeat: I wipe down the surfaces in my room once a week, and wash my hands frequently during the day. I have actually had students who have had virulent staph infections and not even know it.
It's really frightening.
Labels: the teaching life
posted by "Ms. Cornelius" @ 4:32 PM
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MRSA's all over the place here in Tucson right now. Yum. :-/
The student who died went to school about 25 miles from my desk here at my school. He was a friend of several of my seniors.
I have one of those cans of anti-bacterial wipes and if a student wants to wipe down his/her desk, they're available. The generic kind isn't very expensive.
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