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Lessons From the NFL?s MRSA Outbreak: Technology Part of the Team Fight
By Kevin Maughan, Novaerus
10.23.13
1:27 PM
NFL players are some of the strongest, most physically-fit people in the world, but even they are not immune to the microscopic bacteria and viruses the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) label ?superbugs.? News that a third player with the NFL?s Tampa Bay Buccaneers is battling Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA), a potentially deadly skin infection, generated national headlines, but it?s not an isolated case. High schools in Carmel, Ind., and Northville, Mich. reported MRSA outbreaks within the past month. The lesson for all high school, collegiate and professional locker rooms: follow the CDC?s recommendation to be more proactive in preventing an outbreak rather than simply cleaning up after one occurs...
Lessons From the NFL?s MRSA Outbreak: Technology Part of the Team Fight
By Kevin Maughan, Novaerus
10.23.13
1:27 PM
NFL players are some of the strongest, most physically-fit people in the world, but even they are not immune to the microscopic bacteria and viruses the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) label ?superbugs.? News that a third player with the NFL?s Tampa Bay Buccaneers is battling Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA), a potentially deadly skin infection, generated national headlines, but it?s not an isolated case. High schools in Carmel, Ind., and Northville, Mich. reported MRSA outbreaks within the past month. The lesson for all high school, collegiate and professional locker rooms: follow the CDC?s recommendation to be more proactive in preventing an outbreak rather than simply cleaning up after one occurs...