Amador County – Amador County Public Health announced Wednesday that it had found 2 non-contagious cases of tuberculosis at the school, and will conduct more tests in May. Public Health, in cooperation with Amador County Unified School District administrators, has completed the first round of tuberculosis (TB) screening. As of Wednesday, 2 individuals among the student and staff had a positive TB skin test. Dr. Bob Hartmann, Amador County Health Officer said he wanted “to assure students and staff that these individuals with a positive TB skin test are not contagious. They have the inactive form of the germ and cannot spread the TB germ to anyone else.” Hartmann said: “These two individuals with a positive skin test are in good health and are not a health risk to other students, staff, family members, and friends.” This round of testing found that 2.7 percent of the people tested had a positive TB skin test, indicating that they were infected with the TB germ at some time in their life. Lori Jagoda, Amador County Public Health Communicable Disease Coordinator, said: “We would normally expect about 3 percent of our community to have a positive TB skin test.” Because there is an 8 to 10 week incubation window for TB infection, Public Health will be conducting a follow-up round of testing with each student or staff member that tested negative in this round. The second round of testing will begin during the week of May 17th. This will assure that anyone who may have been infected from the original case will be identified. If a student or staff member is negative during the first and the second round of testing, then they are not infected with the TB germ. If they are positive at second TB skin test read, Amador County Public Health will evaluate further and proceed to the appropriate treatment. Hartmann said: “I sincerely appreciate the cooperation that the school district administration, parents, students, and staff have given Public Health during the TB investigation.” As a reminder, it is important to recognize that there is a difference between TB infection and TB disease. People with TB infection without disease have the TB germ in their body, but are not sick because the germ is inactive. They cannot spread the germ to others. People with TB disease are sick from the germs that are active in their body. They may cough a lot, feel weak, have a fever, lose weight, cough up blood, or sweat a lot at night. Those with TB disease may transmit the infection to others. For information, call Public Health at (209) 223-6407, or e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Friday, 16 April 2010 02:00
Amador Public Health Finds 2 Non-Contagious TB Cases in School
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Amador County – Amador County Public Health announced Wednesday that it had found 2 non-contagious cases of tuberculosis at the school, and will conduct more tests in May. Public Health, in cooperation with Amador County Unified School District administrators, has completed the first round of tuberculosis (TB) screening. As of Wednesday, 2 individuals among the student and staff had a positive TB skin test. Dr. Bob Hartmann, Amador County Health Officer said he wanted “to assure students and staff that these individuals with a positive TB skin test are not contagious. They have the inactive form of the germ and cannot spread the TB germ to anyone else.” Hartmann said: “These two individuals with a positive skin test are in good health and are not a health risk to other students, staff, family members, and friends.” This round of testing found that 2.7 percent of the people tested had a positive TB skin test, indicating that they were infected with the TB germ at some time in their life. Lori Jagoda, Amador County Public Health Communicable Disease Coordinator, said: “We would normally expect about 3 percent of our community to have a positive TB skin test.” Because there is an 8 to 10 week incubation window for TB infection, Public Health will be conducting a follow-up round of testing with each student or staff member that tested negative in this round. The second round of testing will begin during the week of May 17th. This will assure that anyone who may have been infected from the original case will be identified. If a student or staff member is negative during the first and the second round of testing, then they are not infected with the TB germ. If they are positive at second TB skin test read, Amador County Public Health will evaluate further and proceed to the appropriate treatment. Hartmann said: “I sincerely appreciate the cooperation that the school district administration, parents, students, and staff have given Public Health during the TB investigation.” As a reminder, it is important to recognize that there is a difference between TB infection and TB disease. People with TB infection without disease have the TB germ in their body, but are not sick because the germ is inactive. They cannot spread the germ to others. People with TB disease are sick from the germs that are active in their body. They may cough a lot, feel weak, have a fever, lose weight, cough up blood, or sweat a lot at night. Those with TB disease may transmit the infection to others. For information, call Public Health at (209) 223-6407, or e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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