David Vidra Health Educators

Although usually harmless, Staphylococcus aureus (staph) may occasionally get into the body and cause infections through breaks in the skin, such as abrasions, cuts, wounds, tattooing, body piercing, or surgical incisions.  These infections may be mild, such as pimples or boils, or serious, such as an infection of the blood stream, bones, or joints.

With the increase in popularity of antiseptic hand gels over the past 6 years, we have seen a significant decrease of compliance with hand washing. However, hand gels were never intended as a replacement for hand washing, but to be used only in cases where hand washing was not feasible.
Per Federal law, hand washing [...]

Skin infections with MRSA are transmitted by close skin-to-skin contact with an infected person or by contact with objects or surfaces contaminated with MRSA. Most often MRSA infections occur in hospital patients; however, reports of MRSA infections acquired outside of a hospital setting (community-acquired) are becoming more common.
As with ordinary strains of Staphylococcus aureus, some [...]

Everything is setup for the first of what we hope to be a recurring series of BodyArtPro sponsored  Health Educators classes in Toronto. Sunday we have the Bloodborne Pathogens and The Principles of Infection Control class and Monday will be Sterilization: From Start to Finish.  Big Thanks to Philip Barbosa (BMEzine Staff) for coordinating the event and for helping setup [...]