“Only 26% of mothers of school athletes in US were concerned about their child being exposed to germs during sports”, were according to a recent survey.

A type of staph infection that is resistant to many common antibiotics which is caused by the “Community Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (CA-MRSA)” is most common in athletic settings and has caused serious injury and even death in young athletes.

MRSA Infection

‘Vantage Insights Inc.’ on behalf of ‘Molnlycke Health Care’ conducted a survey among 300 mothers of age 25-60 that had children of age 7-17 that played sports. The survey provided information needed to understand the infection. All sports which can be considered as “dirty sports” or the sports which have an element of contact with others or the ground such as baseball, softball, soccer, basketball and football.

MRSA infections are linked to the abrasions caused by artificial turf in a study published by “The New England Journal of Medicine” in 2005.

Recent studies by the ‘Texas Department of State Health Services ‘found that the infection rate among football players was 16 times than the national average.

Two high school teams, one in Florida and one in North Carolina reported MRSA infections among five or more players. A high school student in Virginia who had played football died due MRSA in October 2007.

A thirteen year old died from a MRSA infection that is supposed to have acquired from the wrestling class.

Through direct contact or contact with shared items such as towels, used bandages, hot and cold tubs, surfaces of weight training equipment which have come in contact to a person with infection, MRSA spreads from person to person.
MRSA infections show the signs of having skin infections such as pimples and boil that red, swollen and painful. When the MRSA infections enters the body through scrapes and scratches which leads to blood and joint infections, pneumonia and even death.

According to Jack Doornbos, Director of channel marketing of ‘Molnlycke Health Care’, maker of “Hibiclens skin cleanser” which contains 4% CHG, cleansers with chlorohexidine gluconate (CHG) cleanse the skin as well as act as a barrier for hours of protection. He also said that for decades to prevent the spread of infection, CHG has been used in hospitals and operating rooms.

Only 60% of the moms encourage frequent hand washing, according to the Vantage Insights survey. But most of them are not realized the two factors:

In low risk areas such as homes, stores, cars washing hands with soap and water can be effective. But it is better to wash hands with cleanser that kills germs and continues killing them for long such as CHG in high risk areas such as schools and athletics where skin to skin contact is common.

If long lasting cleansers are used washing hands before activities make an important difference. The products with CHG give protection but do not leave the residue that affects sports play.

For children of age 7 or above or adults who play sports Hibiclens is ideal. Hibiclens has been used by trainers for years to protect their athletes from infections.

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