The most-recent water tests at the sheriff\u2019s administration building show no sign of the bacteria legionella.<\/p>\n
The bacteria can cause Legionnaire\u2019s Disease, a type of pneumonia, and Pontiac Fever, another respiratory illness.<\/p>\n
Samples collected on Jan. 13, as part of the county\u2019s ongoing investigation and remediation to meet state health department and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention protocols, according to county officials.<\/p>\n
County Executive Dave Coulter said the results are encouraging and show the county\u2019s response is effective.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will continue rigorous testing and preventive practices at county facilities to ensure the health and safety of our employees and the public,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The sheriff\u2019s office was tested after a custodian was diagnosed in early November with Legionnaire\u2019s disease. Tests at the county\u2019s Circuit Court, 1200 N. Telegraph Road in Pontiac, started in late December, also yielded positive results.<\/p>\n
Filters designed to screen out bacteria were added to fixtures in both buildings. The filters are removed when the water is tested.<\/p>\n
A man diagnosed with Legionnaire\u2019s disease in April listed the courthouse as one of the places he\u2019d visited. County Clerk Lisa Brown said in a recent county committee meeting the man later died. He has not been identified by county officials.<\/p>\n
The custodian from the sheriff\u2019s office has also not been identified and that person\u2019s condition is unknown.<\/p>\n
Results from Jan. 13 courthouse tests are expected soon, according to the county\u2019s announcement on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Both buildings will continue to be tested through May.<\/p>\n
The county is also flushing the plumbing in all county buildings and has started testing other buildings as part of an overall remediation plan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The most-recent water tests at the sheriff\u2019s administration building show no sign of the bacteria legionella. The bacteria…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":145043,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[6739,47285,47284,72466,143,2482,145,144,59014,47288,47286],"class_list":["post-145042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-dave-coulter","tag-legionella","tag-legionnaires-disease","tag-michigan-department-of-health-and-human-service-mdhss","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-county-sheriffs-office","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-pontiac-fever","tag-water-safety","tag-water-testing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}