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Dalton Daily Citizen
Dalton Daily Citizen – Dalton, GA
“Staph is a serious thing,” Dalton football coach and athletic director Ronnie McClurg said, “especially if you don’t get on top of the problem. We had a problem before and didn’t realize it. Last season was the first time our doctors said it was definitely staph. I know one thing now, it’s dangerous.”
McClurg said he is satisfied with the effectiveness of Bac-Shield in the day-to-day routine of keeping equipment and clothing clean.
“(Motley) actually took every bit of our cloth products and saturated them with that chemical in the wash,” McClurg said. “We had a low-grade staph infection up to that point, but none after that. It was incredible.”
Mike Falleur, athletic director and football coach at Northwest Whitfield, joined his coaching colleagues in saying that before last year he had never dealt with staph infection to his knowledge.
“It started showing up more and more,” he said. “I’m not an expert, but I don’t think you can ever completely get rid of it. You have to constantly battle and educate your players and parents to the point that your preventative measures have to become routine.”
Falleur said the school will provide players with supplies of Bac-shield this fall to use when they wash their uniforms at home.
“We’re providing them with spray bottles and teaching them how to mix the solution with water to use when they wash their uniforms at home,” Falleur said.
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Dalton Daily Citizen
Dalton Daily Citizen – Dalton, GA “Staph is a serious thing,” Dalton football coach and athletic director Ronnie McClurg said, “especially if you don’t get on top of the problem. We had a proble [Read More]
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