MRSA Prevention
The most important way to protect your child from MRSA is to encourage habits that build strong immune systems. Give them healthy and nutritious foods, have them get plenty of rest, and keep their environment as free from stress as possible.
Basic hygiene and frequent hand washing is important. Here are six simple tips.
1. If your children have any cuts or wounds, make sure they are kept clean and covered until completely healed. Instruct your child about the dangers of coming into contact with cuts or wounds on other children.
2. Since hospitals are the most dangerous place for MRSA, it’s best when visiting someone in the hospital to leave very small children at home since their immune systems are especially vulnerable.
3. Should your child ever require hospitalization, ask (and insist) that every visitor thoroughly wash their hands before coming to your child’s room. The same goes for doctors and nurses.
4. Your children should be taught never to share personal hygiene items, such as towels, with friends or classmates, as this is a common method of MRSA transmission.
5. Any time your child engages in physical contact with other kids, or uses playground or other equipment used by others, they should scrub their hands immediately, and check themselves for scratches and cuts.
6. Talk with your older children about the real very serious health risks of getting a tattoo or body piercing.
