DECEMBER 2 – HOSPITAL E1 & E2 – 0 additional positives – Total = 1 staff

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COVID OUTBREAK UPDATE – Dec. 2– 2020 – Menno Hospital E1 & E2
NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 0
ZERO ADDITIONAL POSITIVE CASES SINCE YESTERDAY
TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 1 staff / 0 residents
ACTION:
  • Today marks 7 days with no new COVID cases (since the positive COVID staff member was identified)
  • No new pending swabs for staff or residents
  • Please continue to pray for our staff and residents as they work with droplet precautions on E1 and E2 and isolation precautions on W2

DECEMBER 1 – HOSPITAL E1 & E2 – 0 additional positives – Total = 1 staff

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COVID OUTBREAK UPDATE – Dec. 1 – 2020 – Menno Hospital E1 & E2
NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 0
ZERO ADDITIONAL POSITIVE CASES SINCE YESTERDAY
TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 1 staff / 0 residents
ACTION:
  • No new pending swabs
  • Please continue to pray for our staff and residents as they work with droplet precautions on E1 and E2 and isolation precautions on W2

NOVEMBER 30 – HOSPITAL E1 & E2 – 0 additional positives – Total = 1 staff

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CORRECTIONS FROM Nov. 29 Update:
Point prevalence is NOT being done at Menno Hospital as it is not an official outbreak
Only staff who do NOT work on E1 or E2 who are negative are waiting to return to work on another unit.
Staff working on these units who tested negative and have no symptoms are already back at work.
COVID OUTBREAK UPDATE – Nov. 30 – 2020 – Menno Hospital E1 & E2
NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 0
ZERO ADDITIONAL POSITIVE CASES SINCE YESTERDAY
TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 1 staff / 0 residents
ACTION:
  • We have taken W2 off droplet precautions in consultation with the Public Health Officer
  • W2 remains on isolation with residents restricted to their rooms (precautionary)
  • No new pending swabs
  • Please continue to pray for our staff and residents

NOVEMBER 29 – HOSPITAL E1 & E2 – 0 additional positives – Total = 1 staff

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COVID OUTBREAK UPDATE – Nov. 29 – 2020 – Menno Hospital E1 & E2
NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 0
ZERO ADDITIONAL POSITIVE CASES SINCE YESTERDAY
TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 1 staff / 0 residents
ACTION:
  • We are waiting to hear from the Medical Health Officer when the staff who tested negative can return to work
  • Residents will continue to have weekly swabbing until there have been 2 weeks of no new positives. This is called Point Prevalence. Next weekly swab takes place on Dec. 1st.

November 28 – HOSPITAL E1 & E2 – 0 additional positives – Total = 1 staff

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November 27 – HOSPITAL – 1 staff – Total = 1 – Menno Hospital E1 & E2

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COVID OUTBREAK UPDATE – Nov. 27 – 2020 – Menno Hospital E1 & E2

NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 0
ZERO ADDITIONAL POSITIVE CASES SINCE YESTERDAY
TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 1 staff / 0 residents
ACTION
  • We continue to monitor staff and residents.
  • No symptomatic residents.
  • We continue to order and receive appropriate levels of PPE.

November 26 – HOSPITAL – No additional positives since yesterday

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COVID OUTBREAK UPDATE – Nov. 26, 2020 – Menno Hospital E1 & E2

NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 0
CHANGE FROM YESTERDAY = NO CHANGE
TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 1 staff member / 0 residents
ACTION
  • All residents Hospital in E1 and E2 have been swabbed
  • We are swabbing all of the staff who were exposed
  • E1 and E2 are are on droplet precaution – full PPE required (gowns, goggles, masks with appropriate PPE changes between care for residents)
  • W2 is on isolation – residents are in their own rooms. Staff continue to wear masks and goggles as they have been throughout the pandemic. Residents do not come out of their rooms, including eating and personal hygiene care.
  • All staff are now cloistered – this means that staff can only work in one specific unit for the duration of the outbreak. Some staff will need to work in more than one unit (maintenance) but the majority of the staff will only work in one unit for the duration of the outbreak
  • Previously, a staff member could work in one unit per shift, exercising covid protocols between shifts (showering, clean clothing, etc.)

NEW – HOSPITAL – November 25 – One (1) positive staff – Total = 1 staff / 0 residents – Affected units: E1 & E2

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Despite our efforts to keep COVID out of Menno Place over the past 8 months, we are sad to report that we have a confirmed COVID positive test result for ONE (1) Menno Hospital staff member.

NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 1 staff member

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 1 staff member / 0 residents

AREAS OF EXPOSURE: Hospital E1 and Hospital E2

IS THIS COVID OUTBREAK RELATED TO THE ONE IN MENNO HOME? No. The COVID positive staff member does not work at Menno Home.

NEXT STEPS:

  • We have cancelled Safe Visits and Essential Visits for all Menno Hospital units – E1, E2, W2
  • Zoom calls continue.
  • Visits for residents who are actively dying continue to be permitted. Nursing will contact the primary contact of any resident who is in this stage of the palliative journey.
  • Window Visits requiring staff support are cancelled.
  • We await instruction from the Medical Health Officer about swabbing residents and staff.

PRAYERS:

Thank you for your prayers for Menno Place and each other.

Update – Visits at Menno Place

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Update: VISITS

We are very sad that we’ve had to make some changes to the visits in Menno Home – we know how important these are to family.
You may wish to use the Send a Message of Love. We will print and deliver to any resident: CLICK HERE

Menno Home E2 – COVID positive unit (outbreak) – Long Term Care

  • All visits are cancelled during the outbreak
  • Actively dying (COVID related or not), nursing will call the family to be with their loved one
  • Essential deliveries only with the exception of cards

Menno Home W1, W2, E1 – Long Term Care

  • Zoom Calls – continue as normal
  • Essential Visits – temporarily suspended while we are on full droplet precaution
  • Window Visits – temporarily suspended while we are on full droplet precaution
  • Actively dying – nursing will call the family to be with their loved one
  • Safe Visits – cancelled for 2 weeks, we will keep you informed
  • Essential deliveries only with the exception of cards

Menno Hospital – Long Term Care

  • All visits continue
  • Deliveries continue, including “extras” (eg: snacks)

Terrace East – Assisted Living

  • All Safe Visits continue
  • Deliveries continue, including “extras” (eg: snacks)
  • Residents have been advised to stay in their suites and limit outings to essential outings only

Primrose Gardens, Terrace West, Pavilion – Independent Living

  • Registered Visitor program continues
  • Residents have been advised to stay in their suites and limit outings to essential outings only

Elections BC and Voting at Menno Place

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All residents of Menno Place – Menno Home, Menno Hospital, Primrose Gardens, Terrace East, Terrace West and Pavilion have been registered for mail-in ballots for voting in the upcoming provincial election.

The mail-in ballots were ordered several weeks ago and will arrive on Monday, October 19th. Residents may vote until the 22nd when the ballots will be picked up from Menno Place by Elections BC.

If a resident in Menno Home or Hospital wishes to vote, they may tell the nursing team. We will provide assistance for them to vote. You may also request their ballot during a safe social visit. We will provide it to you and you can indicate their vote, seal it and return it to the Visitation Host. Please make arrangements with Garry.Janzen@MennoPlace.ca for this prior to your visit so we can be prepared with the ballot.