School Cleaning Not the Answer in Arkansas
November 24th, 2007
In another attempt to straighten the confused information about how to best prevent the spread of staph in our schools, officials in northeast Arkansas point out that “This infection is spread by person-to-person contact in almost all cases. Therefore, closing schools for cleaning will have minimal impact and is not routinely recommended.”
They also reveal another fact about MRSA. It isn’t new. Dr. Phillips of the Arkansas Department of Public Health provides the following:
According to Phillips, despite the recent interest in MRSA, the condition is nothing new. “We have been working diligently over the last several years to provide education materials about MRSA…”
It’s good to see that these folks are looking beyond doing things just for appearance sake.
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