SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS SHARING CLOTHES WITH A FRIEND- COULD GET YOU A QUICK TRIP TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM WITH A STAPH INFECTION.
     MORE AND MORE, HEALTH CARE WORKERS ARE SEEING THESE CASES OF METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHLOCOCCUS AUREUS OR M-R-S-A- AND THE STATISTICS ARE ALARMING.
"30 percent of us harbor resistance staph in our nairs. Most of us- the healthy ones it doesn't affect but now it's affecting children and teenagers. And now you can see its causing deaths in young children - so I think that's why the state has stepped into hand out these guidelines," said Vicky Foxell, Infectious Disease & Control Practitioner.

     STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS HANDED DOWN NEW GUIDELINES TODAY...ASKING PEOPLE TO TAKE SERIOUS PRECAUTIONS WHILE IN PUBLIC PLACES - LIKE GYMS, DORMITORIES, NURSING HOMES, SCHOOL LOCKER ROOMS OR SALONS.
     BUT HERE IN VICTORIA- WE MAY BE AT A GREATER RISK DUE TO OUR GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION.
Let me show you something, this is a staph infection on someone's leg- and it's not a pretty sight. Health care officials say taking antibitotics when it is unecessary can increase your chances for getting one of these infections. But what is alarming to physicians is that Victoria is just a drive away from Mexico and in Mexico you can get amoxicilan like this, like candy.
[CG:2\Dr. David Le\American Regional Health Physician]
"That's definitely a dangerous thing not only for resistance, but you don't know how old that antibitotic is and it could have changed in it's chemistry and put you at a greater risk.," said David Le, American Regioanl Health Physician.