Elementary student diagnosed with MRSA

Link: WHDH-TV - New England News - Elementary student diagnosed with MRSA.

According to the Superintendent of Wrentham Public Schools, a student attending the Delaney Elementary School was diagnosed with the MRSA strain of the staph infection. Jeffery Marsden, Superintendent of Wrentham Public Schools, learned of the infection early Thursday afternoon and acted quickly to inform parents. "We wanted to make sure that everyone knows; that staff knows, that the parents know, the students know so they can take precautions," Marsden said. Although there is no evidence that the student contracted the disease at the school, the district will take precautions to sanitize the classrooms overnight. The student is expected to recover since the infection was diagnosed early.