“The NFL and other professional sports organizations should be using the most effective tool to protect their players from Staph infections, MRSA screening,” says Betsy McCaughey, Ph.D., Chairman of the not-for-profit Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths (RID), whose advisory board includes NFL-team physicians.
Today, RID is releasing a new 12-Step brochure that explains how screening and other precautions can eradicate MRSA from a sports team’s environment. The brochure is being sent to all NFL teams.
Players can be carriers of the MRSA germ without realizing it. The germ doesn’t make them sick until it gets inside their body, usually via a cut or turf burn.
Professional Sports Teams Should Use MRSA Screening
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