Disinfecting to Prevent the Transfer of MRSA & Other Skin Pathogens in Wrestling - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Disinfecting to Prevent the Transfer of MRSA & Other Skin Pathogens in Wrestling

• Multiple infectious disease outbreaks in wrestling
• Bacteria
• Fungus
• Viruses
• Reported by outbreaks – Most disease transmissions during athletics are not reported
• Football and Wrestling most commonly associated with disease transmission in athletics
• High School Wrestling had one of the first documented deaths caused by MRSA

• Proper disinfection of wrestling mats
• Proper handling of blood
• Good hygiene practices among wrestlers

• Shower after practice or competition
• Refrain from sharing equipment, towels, razors, water bottles
• Wash practice gear daily
• Athletes with rashes or other potentially infectious skin infections seek medical attention
• Do not pick, squeeze, scratch abrasions, rashes, etc.
• No practicing or competing with skin infections
• Hepatitis B Vaccination
• NEVER allow chemicals for cleaning or disinfection to be used on the skin

If you do not have personal hygiene rules written out and demand that your wrestlers follow them, stop here.

The rest of this information will make very little difference.

Gym Multi-Surface

Environmental Chem. Co

No Funk

MC-8

Cliff Keen

KenClean

Kennedy Inc

Whizzer

Mueller

SterilizationBACTERIAL SPORES

Bacillus SubtilisClostridium SporogenesMYCOBACTERIA----------------------------------------------------------HLDHigh Level Disinfection Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Var. Bovis‘TB’ NONLIPID OR SMALL VIRUSES --------------------------------------ILD Intermediate Level Poliovirus Coxsackie Virus

Hepatitis A Virus

Rhinovirus ‘Common Cold’  

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LLD Low Level

Trichophyton Spp. ‘Nail Fungus’ (Chemicals)Cryptococcus Spp.Candida Spp. ‘Yeast’

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

VEGETATIVE BACTERIA Pseudomonas AeruginosaStaphylococcus Aureus ‘Staph’Salmonella Choleraesuis ‘Gastroenteritis’

LIPID OR MEDIUM-SIZED VIRUSESHerpes Simplex Virus ‘Cold Sores’Cytomegalovirus ‘CMV’Respiratory Syncytial Virus ‘RSV’Hepatitis B Virus ‘HBV’Human Immunodeficiency Virus ‘HIV’ (Adapted From Bond & Favaro, 1991)

Hard Water

Calcium and Magnesium

(deactivate the solution)

• MIX Appropriately
• USE Appropriately
• READ and FOLLOW LABELS

Made in USA

SterilizationBACTERIAL SPORES

Bacillus SubtilisClostridium SporogenesMYCOBACTERIA----------------------------------------------------------HLDHigh Level Disinfection Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Var. Bovis‘TB’ NONLIPID OR SMALL VIRUSES --------------------------------------ILD Intermediate Level Poliovirus Coxsackie Virus

Hepatitis A Virus

Rhinovirus ‘Common Cold’  

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LLD Low Level

Trichophyton Spp. ‘Nail Fungus’ (Chemicals)Cryptococcus Spp.Candida Spp. ‘Yeast’

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

VEGETATIVE BACTERIA Pseudomonas AeruginosaStaphylococcus Aureus ‘Staph’Salmonella Choleraesuis ‘Gastroenteritis’

LIPID OR MEDIUM-SIZED VIRUSESHerpes Simplex Virus ‘Cold Sores’Cytomegalovirus ‘CMV’Respiratory Syncytial Virus ‘RSV’Hepatitis B Virus ‘HBV’Human Immunodeficiency Virus ‘HIV’ (Adapted From Bond & Favaro, 1991)

Electrical extension cord is needed to

• reach all areas of the mat
• Lamps must be replaced annually

Kills all Germs, Viruses, and Fungi in <.25 Seconds

• Sterilize an entire mat in less that 5 minutes
• Easy to use, just plug in and pull
• “Green Clean” no use of chemicals

Good Hygiene Practices+Disinfected Mats=

Reduced Risk for Disease Transmission or Death