Link: Third isolated staph infection of year diagnosed.
A student was diagnosed this week with an antibiotic-resistant staph bacteria, forcing the College to close the Watson Fitness Center and the adjacent weight room from Wednesday afternoon to Thursday at about 2:30 p.m.
The Orient learned of the isolated case of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from an all-employee e-mail sent Wednesday from Manager of Environmental Health and Safety Mark Fisher. Fisher sent the same e-mail to all students, but it had apparently not been released to the all-student e-mail list at the time of publication.
Fisher said that the student, after noticing a skin irritation, went to the health center, which identified it as a staph infection.
"Things went exactly as they should have," Fisher told the Orient. "I give the student a lot of credit."
