CHARLOTTE -- Another case of MRSA was reported Tuesday involving an employee at Winding Springs Elementary School.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg school officials sent out a Connect-Ed message and are disinfecting the building but health officials say it's not a CMS problem and there's an easy way to avoid the spread of the antibiotic-resistant staph infection.

"MRSA infections don't happen to schools, they happen to individuals," said Mecklenburg County health director Dr. Stephen Keener.

Besides schools, MRSA can also be easily spread in hospitals, particularly during operations, and in gyms, where equipment may not always be germ-free. Kids are an easy target, Keener says, because many are involved in contact sports.

"Fencing equipment, football equipment, those types of things that you can't put through the laundry need to be wiped down with antiseptic solution," he said.

So far this school year, CMS reported just fewer than 50 cases of MRSA in both staff members and students. Keener says it's a small percentage, and the best way to stop the numbers from getting any higher is simple personal hygiene.