Equip them Well – Stop MRSA!

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve undoubtedly heard about the awful antibiotic resistant staph-infection, MRSA. This skin infection is easily transferred from person to person through cuts and infected items like sports equipment.

Watch the following video to learn about the “Equip Them Well” campaign:

Protect Your Active Kids from MRSA

With fall sports in full swing, equipment cleanliness and item-sharing on and off the field may get overlooked between carpools, homework and bedtime.  But, skin infections like MRSA, a potentially life threatening antibiotic resistant Staph infection, are the cause of 56 percent of all infectious disease outbreaks in competitive sports in the U.S.

It’s important that as parents and coaches we do our part to help prevent the spread of MRSA.  You can begin by getting involved in the Equip them Well program through three simple steps –

Together, lets STOP MRSA!

This is a One2One campaign. By spreading this very important message I am also entered to win a gift card, but I am sharing this message because I feel families need to be aware of MRSA and other potentially deadly contact infections and diseases.