USA Hockey Magazine published a great article about MRSA infections and hockey players.

"Bacteria can lurk on the equipment, which allows a means for infection to spread quickly among teammates, opponents and through an entire athletic program."

Read the entire story online to learn about the dangers of stinky equipment!

2.06.2007
12 Year-Old Dies from MRSA
Carlos Don IV, a 12-year-old boy who attended Hanson Elementary School in Ramona, near San Diego, CA, was hospitalized with methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) on January 21 and died on February 5, 2007.

County health officials have not yet determined how or where the sixth-grader came down with the rare and aggressive bacterial infection. Read more online.