[mewzilla]

So when do the kids pick up the staph, before or after they enter the hospital? If it's after, then some hospitals need to do a better job of infection control.

[Judith Anne]

Staph is ubiquitous. I kid you not. And children aren't sterilized on admission to the hospital. I am positive that you have staph organisms on your body right now.

Seriously, staph and other infections attack when the resistance is low, due to other illness.