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Entries from October 2006

MRSA in Berks County, PA School

October 2nd, 2006 · No Comments

Here is another article about a “non outbreak” of MRSA in the same county of Pennsylvania: The superintendent of the Boyertown School District says two high school students have been diagnosed with MRSA. The infection is common in hospitals and also in young adults and athletes. The district sent out a letter to parents urging [...]

Tags: CA-MRSA · MRSA · MRSA in Schools/Athletics · MRSA in the U.S. · Pennsylvania

MRSA Can’t Be Called an Outbreak Because…

October 2nd, 2006 · 2 Comments

…it isn’t a reportable disease. What? That is really eye-opening to me, and makes no sense. This interview with a PA woman who is fighting MRSA, starts out with this statement. I guess I didn’t realize that there was a rule like that attached to the word outbreak. I think that you can probably look [...]

Tags: Awareness · CA-MRSA · MRSA · Pennsylvania