MRSA Notes

This is a story of a woman who acquired MRSA in her C-section wound.  Remember these tips when you go into the hospital for any invasive procedure. I had a baby March 2, 2007. I was is surgery for 3 hours due to excessive bleeding. On March 5th I was released, but the night before [...]

The state of Michigan has produced some great materials to help inform their athletes about MRSA and how to prevent it. They have had a significant number of problems with MRSA in their wrestling program, especially, and are working hard to prevent any more: “What we’ve done at our wrestling rules meeting this season is [...]

Ryan Dowling’s father sent me their son’s story a couple of days ago – Ryan suffered a life threatening MRSA infection, yet another victim of MRSA in an athletic setting. Ryan’s father says he is still battling the effects of MRSA, and may possibly need a hip replacement – please keep Ryan in your prayers, [...]

No kidding. I think it is almost common knowledge that a huge amount of hospital infection comes from the use of urinary catheters, so it only makes sense that they would finally do a study on this. So now, researchers from the University of Michigan Health System and the VA hospitals in Seattle and Ann [...]

This article is about Bryan Dietrich, an MRSA victim who has opened an athletic equipment cleaning service. Please, all of you athletes out there, either clean your equipment yourself regularly, or get someone to do it for you! This is no longer an optional thing to do. From mlive.com (Saginaw): Like most athletes, Dietrich didn’t [...]

I apologize for slacking off posting this last week, Marshall was home on a week’s vacation, and that requires me to cut myself off the computer waaaaay before I am finished working!  I hope you all have been well, and on to the news! The Livingston County Jail has stepped up early releases of inmates [...]

This sounds an awful lot like the “turn in your guns” campaign.  But whatever works: Battle Creek Enquirer – www.battlecreekenquirer.com – Battle Creek, Mich. The statewide pilot program, “Antibiotic Roundup,” encourages consumers to take their expired or unused antibiotics to local Meijer Inc. pharmacies for proper disposal. Consumers who do so will receive educational information [...]

From The Midland Daily News: It didn’t look like anything serious at first. When 18-year-old RandyTripp noticed a bump on his leg, he thought it might be an ingrownhair. A week later, when it started to get bigger, he showed his mom. Hesoaked in a hot tub, put on Band-Aids and covered the reddening spotwith [...]