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Illinois Dept. of Corrections detects Legionella bacteria at 2 prisons
Routine water testing this week discovered legionella on the Stateville Correctional Middle and Joliet Therapy Middle, the Illinois departments of Public Well being and Corrections introduced Friday.
No inmates or employees at both facility are exhibiting signs of Legionnaire’s illness and all probably affected people in custody have been notified, officers stated.
Upon detection of legionella, officers stated they instantly stopped use of the impacted areas and started flushing out the water to take away the micro organism.
The Public Well being and Corrections departments “will proceed to intently monitor inmates and can conduct rigorous water cleaning and observe up testing to make sure the micro organism is eradicated,” Corrections Director Rob Jeffreys stated.
Legionnaire’s illness is a severe kind of pneumonia brought on by inhaling small water droplets containing legionella micro organism. It’s typically not unfold from individual to individual.
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