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| Juvenile facility will reopen after staph infection scare |
| By Free Press |
| Published: 12/20/2004 |
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The Wayne County (Mich.) Juvenile Detention Facility, which was closed late last Wednesday due to an outbreak of staphylococcus infections, was scheduled to re-open at 3 p.m. last Thursday after a thorough scrub down, officials said. Arthur Carter, director of the county's Department of Children and Family Services, said three boys had developed skin irritations similar to a pimple or mosquito bite. A fourth boy had developed the infection in November, 2003, Carter said. Because of the second outbreak this month, Carter said the federal Centers for Disease Control notified the county that it constituted a crisis. "It goes through a cycle,'' Carter said. "It's not life threatening, but it is highly contagious.'' A simple handshake can pass the infection from one person to another, Carter said. "It is not an airborne disease,'' he said. Two staff members at the facility were being checked after complaining of similar symptoms, but their diagnoses are not complete, Carter said. The disinfecting is being done "under the supervision of the CDC and the Michigan Public Health Department and our own Wayne County Health Department,'' Carter said. Citizen miscreants in the county's Alternative Workforce Program - people convicted of minor crimes who are not jailed in lieu of community service such as highway litter pickup - are assisting the JDF staff by using disinfectants to scrub everything. Last Thursday, about 170 juveniles were being housed in the facility, a widely acknowledged model facility that was opened in 1998. |
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