Initial(s) panic
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- October
- 30
LoHud has a report on a a child who attends Jesse Kaplan School in West Nyack being diagnosed with the drug-resistant staph infection known as MRSA. This is the first known case in Rockland. The school is run by Rockland BOCES.
Schools throughout the Lower Hudson Valley have been paying extremely close attention to the infection, called Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria. My district recently sent home a letter explaining the measures being taken to not only combat the bacteria (making kids wash sports uniforms, etc.) but also to educate children about hygiene. Gym teachers have been giving lectures on personal hygiene (not a bad idea in middle school); signs about not sharing germs are being posted around schools (always wise for elementary grades). Other districts are taking similar measures.
I’m like many parents — I’m a rather reasonable person, even somewhat level-headed, until it comes to my kids. What I see the schools doing in relation to MRSA seems to be a good balance. It’s a very serious health risk. Yet, adults want to be careful to avoid making children completely paranoid. Let’s hope the child recovers quickly and that this one case is a fluke.
Schools are knocked for just about everything. Too much, too little. It’s always easy to look back and criticize. I guess at this point I am grateful the schools moved fast to take “preventive measures” and hope that work pays off.
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on Tuesday, October 30th, 2007 at 7:45 pm by Nancy Cutler.
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