MRSA Notes

In Azle, TX, a small town, northwest of Dallas/Fort Worth, Harris Methodist Northwest Hospital has been proactive in their community in teaching its residents about MRSA and how to avoid it.
In January 2005, the hospital decided it was time to do something to prevent or reduce the cases of MRSA.
Ingle says hand cleanliness [...]

My dear hubby, Marshall Jones is going to be interviewed about his MRSA infection on Nitebeat on CN8 in Boston tonight at 7pm Eastern time. If you would like to listen to the interview, the show will be streamed on the web simultaneously at ne.cn8.tv, just click the CN8 Live link on the left [...]

WOAI in San Antonio would like the public to be aware that all Texas Medical Centers are seeing increased rates of Staphylococcal Infections, including the antibiotic-resistant MRSA. Remember that these infections are often confused with spider bites and and will manifest themselves as a large abscess with a dark wound in the center. [...]

From the Fashion Monitor Toronto:
E. Pierce Marshall died of “brief and extremely aggressive infection” at the age of 67, according to a statement released by family spokesperson David Margulies
E. Pierce Marshall is the son of Anna Nicole Smith’s deceased husband and the man who has been fighting Anna Nicole in court for the family fortune [...]

The International Society of Microbial Resistance (ISMR) is focusing attention, and educating healthcare professionals, on the rising prevalence and consequences of a relatively new family of antibiotic-resistant bacteria known as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), through a new 2006 MRSA Educational Summit Program. MRSA can cause serious infections in otherwise healthy newborns, children, and adults.
Outbreaks originally [...]

As you may or may not know, MRSA in salons holds an extra sensitive place in me, as I have been a nail tech for more than 20 years now. Rather than totally repeat myself, which I love to do on this subject, I will just tell you what WFAA TV in Dallas wants [...]

My good ol state of Texas (even though they don’t know how to pick in the NFL draft) is quite good at informing us of MRSA. As I have mentioned many times before, both here, in our forums, and in many of the personal emails I have sent, we were aware of MRSA long [...]

This is serious stuff, folks.  I can’t stress enough to not use plumbed pedicure tubs.  Plain tubs with no moving water or bubbles should be fine, as long as they are properly sanitized, but plumbed tubs are not.  Be careful in your whirlpool tubs at home too.  Clean them with a heavy bleach solution running [...]

The Dallas County Dep’t. of Health and Human Services is working on getting some new guidelines up quickly to help combat the infection problems in the pedicure baths of nail salons. They have also issued some guidelines for clients to be sure to follow. Those of us who are aware of MRSA are [...]

I know I am thankful that someone is starting to collect statistical information about MRSA in the United States.  It is about time. 
 2 million in U.S. may carry staph; infections on the rise
DALLAS - The first nationwide statistical snapshot of a [...]