Genesee County Health Department

Better Life Through Better Health

Release Date:             April 9, 2007                          End Date: April 16, 2007

Contact Person:          Kathleen DeSnyder, MPH

                                    Emergency Preparedness Coordinator

Phone:                         (810) 424-4393

RE:                              Second Round of Tuberculosis testing done at

Flint Central High School

The Genesee County Health Department (GCHD) conducted a second round of tuberculin skin testing at Flint Central High School on Monday, April 2. This was done to test those people who were unable to be tested on the first date of skin testing, Tuesday, March 27. A total of 92 people have been tested during the two different testing dates. No additional disease has been identified.

Re-testing will occur in May for close contacts. Close contacts are defined as people that were in close proximity to the infected person over a long period of time and within an enclosed space, such as a classroom. Additional results from this investigation will not be available until that time.
Skin testing is done to identify people who may have been exposed to a case of tuberculosis.
For more information about tuberculosis please visit the GCHD website at www.gchd.us .