Correctional Officer Seriously Ill From MRSA Infection

Link: Your4State.com - Correctional Officer Seriously Ill From MRSA Infection.

NBC25 has confirmed that a correctional officer at MCI is seriously ill from the staph infection known as "MRSA".

The officer's name is not being released, but NBC25 has learned that he is being treated at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.

Corrections officials say there are no other cases. They are not certain if he became infected on the job.

The state has notified the wardens at all of the Hagerstown prisons, and correctional officers have been given fact sheets about how to protect themselves from MRSA, corrections officials say.