We are Tough on Bacteria, Odors & Stains

Those who take care of today's athletes face new challenges in both protecting their health and keeping their facilities, uniforms and equipment clean. We have all read the head-lines of athletes being sidelined not by physical injuries, but by MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus). Now you not only have to keepeverything clean and odor free, but you must sanitize and keep the environment free from harmful bacteria.

AthletiClean products are prepared withyou in mind. They are easy to use, affordableand highly effective. Our goal is to keep your athletes on the field and out of the doctor's office.

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Steps you can take to prevent & control the spread of MRSA

  1. Wash your hands with soap and water often. Shower after every workout or competition.
  2. Never share personal items.towels, washcloths, razors, clothing, uniforms, or athletic gear, etc.
  3. Report all suspicious skin sores to your healthcare provider or your school nurse immediately.
  4. Clean and disinfect all shared athletic equipment after each use: mats, pads, helmets, etc.
  5. Cover all open sores with at least a bandage when involved in any athletic activities.
  6. Athletes having sores with pus drainage must be excluded from participation
Athletic Hygiene News

Greenwich Times
Parents of student-athletes focus on warding off staph
Sunday December 2, 2007
Donna Arnold wouldn't normally be concerned about her 15-year-old son picking up an infection as a member of the lacrosse team. (cont.)

LA Times
Staph cases 'steadily growing' in U.S.
Nov 30, 2007
The rapid spread of bacteria that causes skin infections in healthy people and can kill the seriously ill is spurring a search-and-destroy effort at hospitals across the nation. Last week, Veterans Affairs hospitals, which serve millions of patients, began rolling out a program to test everyone for the bacteria on admission and discharge. (cont.)

Times Herald
Wrestlers wary of infections
Wrestling teams take steps to prevent skin diseases

Dec 4, 2007 by Paul Costanzo
Jim Morisette said his wrestling room might be the most disinfected room at Anchor Bay High School. - It has to be. - Communicable skin diseases long have been an issue in wrestling, but with recent outbreaks of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, and other staph infections nationwide, teams are ramping up prevention measures. (cont.)

 

 

MRSA Images MRSA

The term MRSA or methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus is used to describe those examples of this organism that are resistant to commonly used antibiotics. Methicillin was an antibiotic used many years ago to treat patients with Staphylococcus aureus infections. It is now no longer used except as a means of identifying this particular type of antibiotic resistance.