| Updated: 2/28/2008 11:13 am |
Published: 11/02/2007 4:12 pm
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(TULSA, Okla.) November 2 - Parents in Green Country are finding out a student has been diagnosed with the dangerous MRSA infection.
This time it's happening in the Union School District at the Intermediate High School near 76th and Garnett.
School officials aren't sure how long the student has had the infection, but today the student's parents notified the school.
New York, Virginia, Kentucky: MRSA has made its way down the east coast, killing some in its path. Now Union Intermediate High School is fighting to make sure it doesn't spread.
Cuts, in-grown hairs and pimples all have the potential of turning into MRSA, a deadly drug resistant staph infection.
Union school officials just found out a student has been walking around the halls of this school with it. “The student had been under a doctor's care and had been treated for it”, says Assistant Superintendant Jarod Mendenhall.
The Union Intermediate student went to school today with the sore covered, but there's no telling how long the student went with it exposed to others.
Mendenhall knew he had to act fast. “We're using a product that's called HDQ. It's a product that kills MRSA. Cleaning the affected areas, every student was notified right away.”
FOX23 News was with parent Kent Hairod when he found out. “The school did what they can and as parents we'll just have to keep the kids informed of what to do to take precautions for themselves.”
Mendenhall hopes all parents will pitch in. MRSA is a killer and it's going to take a team effort to fight it off.
There are two things you can do to prevent getting MRSA. Wash your hands and cover all wounds, no matter how minor.
FOX23 News has held live web chats over the last two days with Tulsa pediatrician Dr. Scott Cyrus and he has answered at least thirty viewer questions.
If you have questions about how to protect your family from MRSA or staph, just click on links and reminders.
