Sunday, October 28, 2007
Ranking member of PGFD is being treated for suspected case of MRSA. Official is assigned to training academy.
According to sources not in a position to comment publicly, the official is assigned to PGFD's training academy. The sources tell STATter 911 that recruits and the academy's staff were briefed on Friday about the situation. An infection control officer advised people what to look for and how to prevent the spread of the infection.
Over the last two weeks, the training academy for DC Fire & EMS was decontaminated twice because of a staph outbreak among recruits. DC officials never confirmed publicly if the staph infection was the antibiotic-resistant strain.
Last year, a Prince George's County Police Department training facility dealt with a staph outbreak. In an effort to get that situation under control, members of a recruit class were sent home for two weeks.
A spokesman for PGFD could not comment on this latest incident.
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I am amazed that they actually decontaminated the training academy. A confirmed outbreak occurred earlier in the the year in a couple fire stations. The infection control officials never did a full decontamination at either station and told everyone involved that MRSA did not pose a serious health risk!
# posted by 
: October 31, 2007 10:58 AM
: October 31, 2007 10:58 AM
We/I had the MRSA and was turned down by PGFD BOSH and the workers compensation company(The Shaffer Company)as being an on the job injury. Charged my own sick leave (192hours). And scaring left from the laceration the doctor had to drain. The infection was the size of a softball... Then the workmans compensation court ruled against us??? PGFD, Shaffer and Workers Comp that's looking out for the firemen. But, did you hear about any of this prior to this posting???
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# posted by : October 31, 2007 8:35 PM
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