Saturday's Internet Edition, May 17, 2008.
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Davie Schools Public Relations Director Maureen Moore, said the MRSA case was a child at South Davie Middle School.
Three other staph infections have been confirmed and Moore says those have not been diagnosed as MRSA, but additional testing is being done on those three students from North and South Davie middle schools. Moore says a staph infection does not necessarily mean it’s MRSA.
Emails have been sent to all school staff and principals with information on MRSA and its symptoms. “We’re being very proactive,” Moore says.
Davie County Health Director Barry Bass says MRSA is a communicable disease and infections are not required to be reported.
Moore says that school personnel are encouraging students to report any suspected symptoms of MRSA to the school nurse or a health provider.
“At this time we have not talked about that. Right now we’re just providing information to our staff and we hope that will raise awareness,” Moore said ... subscribe to the Davie County Enterprise Record, P.O. Box 99, Mocksville, N.C. 27028.