After a few relaxing months off, it’s time to jump back into the busy schedule of the school year. Between the hustle and bustle of all-day classes and the return of fall sports, it’s easy to forget that school also brings contagious diseases. But you don’t have to just wait around to catch this year’s...
Everything is bigger in Texas – especially football. With large team rosters and serious competition, infection prevention is one of Coach Paul Ressa’s top priorities. Coach Ressa started his career in the Dallas Independent School District (ISD) before transferring to Carrollton ISD in 1996. Over the past 26 years, his passion for teaching science and...
As an athletic trainer, you’ve dedicated your career to keeping athletes safe and healthy. From treating injuries and administering first aid to rehabilitating injured athletes, you do everything in your power to keep the players at the top of their game. But there might be one blind spot in your training protocol – infection prevention....
We all know the feeling of walking into a locker room and being hit with that smell. You know, the dirty socks and body odor smell that infects the whole space, no matter how frequently you clean. The smells and odors that hang around your locker room are more than a stinky nuisance – they’re...
We all want to do our part to protect the environment, and you can make small but meaningful choices every day to do so. While it’s important to thoroughly sanitize athletic equipment and tactical gear, harsh chemical treatments can create more pollution and toxicity in the process. But you don’t have to give up your...
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, schools were awarded $122 billion in funding to address sanitation needs, staffing shortages, learning loss, and mental health programs. And after a swift transition to online learning and other setbacks caused by Covid, this money is definitely needed. In spite of this, the Wall Street Journal found that 93%...
Barton Gonzales, an active duty Air Force member, worked for over six years with military working dogs. Without a simple way to keep gear and equipment sanitized that didn’t break down the material, his team often used less-than-sanitary decoy suits and sleeves for training their dogs. After seeing a Decon Zone sanitizing system at a...
With the CSLFRF final rule published, schools have complete clarity on how they can utilize COVID-19 emergency funding that was dispersed through the CARES Act and the ARPA. While there is limited oversight into how schools are using the funds, some states and school districts are choosing to be extremely transparent about their spending. We...
It’s official: The United States Treasury announced the Final Rule on the State and Local Financial Recovery Fund (SLFRF) in January. With this final ruling comes clarification on acceptable uses of funds, and increased flexibility in determining acceptable uses. Can this broadened flexibility benefit your school and student-athletes? Flexible Use of SLFRF Funds One of...
In any sport, your best athletes may find themselves on the bench due to outside forces. Usually, we think of ACL tears, serious concussions, and other injuries as the most common safety concerns for athletes – but don’t be fooled. Locker rooms and protective gear can harbor a larger and more elusive threat: germs. How...
