Saturday, November 14, 2009

Health care for inmates in DeKalb County can be costly

personnel in the jail [in DeKalb county]  are ensuring that surfaces are cleaned regularly and taking the necessary precautions to prevent the spread of any germs or viruses. Signs in the cell blocks educate inmates about hand washing techniques and how to cough properly, said Klein, noting that she has a plan in mind if a H1N1 outbreak were to occur in the jail.
"If it were one person, we would isolate them and put them in a holding cell to keep them separate from everybody else," she said. "If we had multiple people who came down with the flu at one time, we would make one cell block for them. ... Right now, we're just acting like everybody has it. You keep things as clean as you can."

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