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http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/27/mrsa.school.cleaning.ap/index.html
PIKEVILLE, Kentucky (AP) -- An eastern Kentucky school district with one
confirmed case of antibiotic-resistant staph infection plans to shut down
all 23 of its schools Monday, affecting about 10,300 students, to disinfect
the facilities.
Workers clean a classroom in Chicago, Illinois. Staph infections have spread
recently through several schools.
The project will involve disinfecting classrooms, restrooms, cafeterias,
hallways, locker rooms, buses and even external areas such as playgrounds
and sports fields, said Roger Wagner, superintendent of Pike County schools.
"We're not closing schools because there's been a large number of breakouts,
but as a preventive measure," Wagner said.
One Pike County student was diagnosed with in September with MRSA, or
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. The bacterial strain can be
treated with other antibiotics, but without treatment it can be deadly.
The bacteria was blamed for the death of a 17-year-old Virginia high school
senior and a 12-year-old New York City middle school student this month.
At least seven students on New York's Long Island were recently diagnosed
with MRSA, as were 10 members of an athletic team at Iona College in New
Rochelle, New York. Watch a report about superbug worries
PIKEVILLE, Kentucky (AP) -- An eastern Kentucky school district with one
confirmed case of antibiotic-resistant staph infection plans to shut down
all 23 of its schools Monday, affecting about 10,300 students, to disinfect
the facilities.
Workers clean a classroom in Chicago, Illinois. Staph infections have spread
recently through several schools.
The project will involve disinfecting classrooms, restrooms, cafeterias,
hallways, locker rooms, buses and even external areas such as playgrounds
and sports fields, said Roger Wagner, superintendent of Pike County schools.
"We're not closing schools because there's been a large number of breakouts,
but as a preventive measure," Wagner said.
One Pike County student was diagnosed with in September with MRSA, or
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. The bacterial strain can be
treated with other antibiotics, but without treatment it can be deadly.
The bacteria was blamed for the death of a 17-year-old Virginia high school
senior and a 12-year-old New York City middle school student this month.
At least seven students on New York's Long Island were recently diagnosed
with MRSA, as were 10 members of an athletic team at Iona College in New
Rochelle, New York. Watch a report about superbug worries