Link: HometownAnnapolis.com
In the meantime, tattooing and body piercing are only loosely regulated in Maryland, leaving police and health officials with no recourse against the man who performed the work on the kids who got acquired methicillin-resistant Staphyloccocus aureus, or MRSA.
MRSA is similar to the staph infections that usually appear in hospitals and other health care settings. But MRSA is resistant to methicillin and other antibiotics that doctors use to treat staph infections. Staph infections can be as minor as a pimple or boil, or as serious as a blood infection.
The only requirements are that tattooists post written warnings of possible complications and follow guidelines such as wearing gloves and using disposable needles.
