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Staph
Oct 18, 2007 18:11:26 GMT -6
Post by airraider on Oct 18, 2007 18:11:26 GMT -6
Have any of you been having problems with staph?
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Staph
Oct 18, 2007 20:08:40 GMT -6
Post by brophy on Oct 18, 2007 20:08:40 GMT -6
the penicillin-immune staph morph is on the loose.
Hammer home proper-handwashing....at least 10 seconds of FRICTION with a detergent. Its not enough to just get the hands wet.
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Staph
Oct 18, 2007 22:17:21 GMT -6
Post by poweriguy on Oct 18, 2007 22:17:21 GMT -6
One of my friend's from high school, who's brother is head coach of my alma mater, had an injection for a back problem he has been having, and it damn near killed him from what I heard. He was in the hospital for a few weeks. He's now back at school and coaching again. Thank God.
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Staph
Oct 19, 2007 4:37:15 GMT -6
Post by coachjd on Oct 19, 2007 4:37:15 GMT -6
we are going to wash all our hip, thigh and knee pads in bleach water this fall, our DC owns a carpet cleaning business and he is going to steam and chemically clean all our shoulder pads for us.
Is their a fast way to clean the inside of the helmets???
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Staph
Oct 19, 2007 6:46:48 GMT -6
Post by lsrood on Oct 19, 2007 6:46:48 GMT -6
We had one earlier this year and they completely disinfected our locker room, our players equipment and our game field (field turf). They continue to set off the aerosol bombs once per week in our locker room and disinfect the game field every other week. We have hit the issue hard to make sure the kids are keeping themselves, thier equipment, and practice gear clean. It's darn hard to get rid of, had a starter spend 4 days in the hospital last year and miss almost 3+ weeks because of this. Thought we had it under control but another starter got it this year and luckily only had to miss a week. They caught it early. Make sure your kids keep clean and have plenty of anti-bacterial soap on hand.
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mike13
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Staph
Oct 19, 2007 7:53:35 GMT -6
Post by mike13 on Oct 19, 2007 7:53:35 GMT -6
Just had our 4th case. It is hitting in VA. A student in Bedford county died monday. We took all of our pads and had them sanitized in Philly. All soft material was washed several times and the locker room professionally cleaned.
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Oct 19, 2007 10:12:54 GMT -6
Post by superpower on Oct 19, 2007 10:12:54 GMT -6
We have our 3rd player of the season out with it this week. The other two have fully recovered, and the dr. says this 3rd one will be back for next week. We have washed everything and had the lockerroom disinfected numerous times.
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Staph
Oct 19, 2007 11:39:15 GMT -6
Post by eickst on Oct 19, 2007 11:39:15 GMT -6
I think most coaches have problems with "staff" infections more than staph. Wakka Wakka.....
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crl
Junior Member
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Staph
Oct 19, 2007 12:05:43 GMT -6
Post by crl on Oct 19, 2007 12:05:43 GMT -6
Guys ready for this...and your prayers are appreciated. Monday a former player of mines Father called, he had some bad news. It seems that the player had had a Lung infection for several weeks, as a matter of fact he had visited me after I had my last eye surgery. He looked thinner but healthy. The Father told me that he had Brain abscess, 5 to be exact. It seems that the infection had carried in his blood stream and lay dormant and bingo...no it is in his brain. He is on Antibiotics, visited him and will see him tomorrow. He is improving that's the good news. When I first got to Finland this last season, I took one look at the locker room and ordered it disinfected...this is serious stuff and it is my opinion that every sport facility showed been stripped ,cleaned and disinfected. Still one player had a minor outbreak on his foot and we had it done a second time. Spooky...
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Staph
Oct 19, 2007 12:24:07 GMT -6
Post by major2222 on Oct 19, 2007 12:24:07 GMT -6
I work in healthcare and deal with patients who have MRSA everyday. There truly is no outbreak of MRSA now that hasn't been here for years. We all carry staff on our skin and it is normal. The problem comes when there is a small opening on the skin that allows staph bacteria to enter the blood stream. usually this happens with small cuts or scrapes that don't get cleaned appropriately. Major cuts are seen as a bigger threat and get treated. When you receive an injection, the health care practitioner giving the shot is suppose to clean the area with alcohol for a specific amout of time. What I see from time to time is a quick swipe and inject. If there is Staph at the injection sight, it will be carried in by the needle. I worked in the hospital for many years and many healthcare workers care staph without a problem. The staph virus will not survive very long (minutes) outside the body. Cleaning the equipment is only required when the equipment is used by more than 1 player. The major cause of staph turning resistant is the indiscriminate use of antibiotics for viral infections or to prevent something. antibiotics should be bacteria specific. I am concerned however with the coach that mentioned whether his equipment should be washed after the season, and especially helmets. herpes is common in contact sport athletes and equipment should never be shared without first washing it. helmets are suppose to be certified every 2 years for youth and every year for high school or over. when they are certified they are cleaned first. Sorry for the long speech but unfortunatly the press is fanning this fire that has existed for many years.
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crl
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Staph
Oct 19, 2007 15:19:04 GMT -6
Post by crl on Oct 19, 2007 15:19:04 GMT -6
Thank you @ major
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Staph
Oct 21, 2007 11:23:28 GMT -6
Post by Coach Bruce on Oct 21, 2007 11:23:28 GMT -6
We have to HS's here that are losing players to MRSA. We are in NC.
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