http://www.corrections.com/news/article.aspx?articleid=14480
Sarah Etter
"In a previous edition Sarah Etter explored the legal battle surrounding MRSA. Here she takes a look at one facility that has taken preventative measures in its clash with disease. Handshaking and offender pat-downs can be the epicenter for an MRSA outbreak; some facilities report upwards of 200 MSRA cases a month, leading to costly treatments and litigation. (Legal diseases, 11/01) Oklahoma’s Tulsa County Jail is no stranger to MRSA. Tulsa County was averaging about 12 cases of staph every month, straining the medical budget of this 1,200 offender facility. Anxious to quell Oklahoma outbreaks, County Chief Deputy Tim Albin spoke with other jail administrators throughout the area to share prevention tactics."
