The National Athletic Trainers' Association released the "Official Statement from the National Athletic Trainers' Association on Community-Acquired MRSA" on March 1, 2005. Included in this statement are the following recommendations:
1. Keep hands clean by washing thoroughly with soap and warm water or using an
alcohol-based hand sanitizer routinely.
2. Encourage immediate showering following activity.
3. Avoid whirlpools or common tubs with open wounds, scrapes or scratches.
4. Avoid sharing towels, razors, and daily athletic gear.
5. Properly wash athletic gear and towels after each use.
6. Maintain clean facilities and equipment.
7. Inform or refer to appropriate health care personnel for all active skin lesions and
lesions that do not respond to initial therapy.
8. Administer or seek proper first aid.
9. Encourage health care personnel to seek bacterial cultures to establish a diagnosis.
10. Care and cover skin lesions appropriately before participation.
Go here to view the entire statement. The NATA also has an official statement on communicable and infectious diseases. Go here to view this statement. Both statements are in PDF format. You will need Adobe reader in order to view them.