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He said that the elementary school student had been released over a week ago, though school officials had only Friday learned of the student’s diagnosis.
Rappahannock County public schools require that students diagnosed with a serious infectious disease provide a doctor's note to school officials before returning to classes, Chappell said. The note must detail the diagnosis and indicate that it is safe for the child to return to school.
Chappell said that students are not restricted from after-school sports or other activities after returning to school unless at a doctor’s request.
The new cases bring the total number of confirmed MRSA infections at Rappahannock schools this year to five, with four occurring this month.
MRSA, a potentially deadly type of staph infection that does not respond to penicillin or other similar antibiotics, has gained notoriety lately after a number of infections were reported in the region. Last week, a high school student in Bedford, Va.. died of an MRSA infection after more than a week in the hospital.
Following the first diagnosed case of MRSA at Rappahannock County High School earlier this month. Superintendent Chapell closed county public schools for disinfection. Chappell said employees continue to clean the schools with specially formulated disinfectants.
E-mail the reporter at mpelkey@timespapers.eorn.
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