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!

12.30.2007
Hospital-Acquired MRSA - Hospitals Are Dirtier Than You Think!
Betsy McCaughey, former New York Lieutenant Governor, founded RID, the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths, and is making headway against a killer that claims more victims than AIDS, auto accidents and breast cancer combined -- the hospital superbug. In an interview on ABC News, McCaughey cites some scary statistics: While restaurants, cruise ships and food processing plants are all required to be tested for cleanliness, hospitals - shockingly - are not. In fact, hospitals are rather dirty places. A study of over 49 operating rooms in 4 New England hospitals showed that over half of the surfaces that were supposed to be cleaned were overlooked by the cleaning crews and over half the surfaces in approximately 1,100 patient rooms in 20 hospitals were not cleaned in between patients. Moreover, McCaughey stated that over 65% of doctors admitted that they changed their uniform white coats less than once a week and a shocking 16% did so less than once a month. McCaughey and RID are campaigning to lower the incidence of infectious diseases in this country through awareness and legislation. To see the video, click here.