Top Four Tips for Camps - Establish good hygiene policies: MRSA
transmission from person to person can be prevented by
instituting simple measures including hand-washing policies,
policies against sharing personal items (such as razors and
towels), and the covering of infections. - Ensure that your
health center has established policies to avoid the spread of
disease: Eighty-six percent of all invasive MRSA infections are
health-care center associated. Insist that your health center
establishes stringent polices to avoid transmission. See below
for resources. - Train your non-health care staff to detect
situations that might lead to transmission of disease: Counselor
and program staff can be enforcing hand-washing and personal
hygiene policies; and keeping on the look-out for campers with
open wounds and infections. - Partner with your local health
department: Should an outbreak occur, it is important that you
partner with your local public health officials to strategize
about next steps and keep everyone saf