Vol. LXI, No. 44 Wednesday, October 31, 2007 Three Princeton
district school students are being treated for the antibiotic-
resistant staph infection MRSA: two from Riverside School and
one from Princeton High School. Laboratory testing confirmed the
district’s first cases of MRSA, or Methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus Aureus, the antiobiotic-resistant form of the
more common staph infection. “The cases are all in treatment and
have been well handled by family and school,” said
Superintendent of Schools Judith A. Wilson, who outlined the
necessary steps for prevention at last week’s meeting of the
Princeton Regional Schools Board of Education. “There are three
primary safeguards against the spread of this infection: washing
hands, keeping cuts covered, and keeping surfaces clean,” said
Ms. Wilson. “There will be lots of cleaning and much information
for custodians but no special chemicals, as they are not
necessary.” Following a directive from the state Department of
Education and using information from the