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Staph Infections and Football

September 17th, 2005 · No Comments

Good morning all! This is an article from yesterday, about football players continuing to play with active staph infections. I would be interested to see what you all think about this, from KDKA in Pittsburgh:

District Urges Precautions Amid Staph Infections

Sep 15, 2005 4:14 pm US/Eastern
Mt. Lebanon (KDKA) Since three football players have staph infections and two more cases are pending, a Mt. Lebanon school official says the district is encouraging athletes to take precautions.

This is the second year staph infections have happened at the school.

The district sent a letter home to parents after the first case was discovered last week.

Tags: MRSA in Schools/Athletics

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