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| Staph wipes out cleaning budget |
| By The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |
| Published: 09/12/2006 |
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WESTMORELAND COUNTY, PA - The Westmoreland County Prison already has spent its annual $67,000 budget for cleaning supplies because of constant cleaning required to prevent staph infections among the rising inmate population. "We're out of money in that area," said Warden John Walton. One of the threats facing prisons is MRSA -- methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus -- an infection that is resistant to certain antibiotics. Walton said prison employees frequently clean cells, housing units and showers to prevent the disease, which is passed by skin-to-skin contact. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that the staph infection kills 17,000 people each year and causes 90,000 others to develop serious infections. The infection has been a public health problem for hospitals, nursing homes, prisons, locker rooms and gyms, the CDC reports, and spreads particularly among people who have weak immune systems. It can cause simple skin infections or spread to the bloodstream. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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