MRSA – The Most-Feared Opponent

Great article from another blog on staph control and the instances of MRSA in athletic facilities.

STAPH CONTROL – MRSA. The Most-Feared Opponent

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Biostatic Products

biostatics –[ bi ō státtiks ]

According to dictionary.com:

The branch of biology dealing with the structure of organisms in relation to the function of an organism.

The very cool product I talked about in the About section is a biostatic surface protectant. It adheres to a surface and then uses positively charged ions to attract the negatively charged ions that generally make up bacteria and mold. They are attracted by a magnetic force and when they meet the bacteria cell wall, at the molecular level, is actually pierced by these microscopic spikes.

Picture a mace.

Because this product uses a mechanical killing method and not an anti-bacterial killing method, the bacteria cannot adapt.

Due to the decreased effectiveness of various anti-biotics there are numerous instances of the bacteria adapting and mutating and drastically reducing the effectiveness of the anti-biotic in the future. That’s one of the biggest reasons as to why staph infections have become MRSA infections. MRSA is like staph on steroids.

Every school year, the press covers more and more stories about staph infections and ringworm breakouts in high schools and universities. Wrestlers are at particular risk of catching these diseases due to the nature of the sport. Oh sure, you can clean and disinfect the mats, but if the first wrestler of the day has a minor infection and it happens to touch the mat, the bacteria sit on the mat all day and just grow. Every wrestler after that first one is now at risk of catching whatever infection the first wrestler had.

Parade Magazine ran an article about this in their December 7th edition.

This is a very nasty problem and many who catch it have had to spend as much as a week in intensive care.