DECEMBER 4 – HOSPITAL E1 & E2 – 0 additional positives – Total = 1 staff

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We are pleased to report that there has been no further spread of COVID-19 in Menno Hospital.
The staff are feeling the stress of the additional PPE (hot and awkward). They continue to serve with fortitude. Thank you, Team!
COVID OUTBREAK UPDATE – Dec. 4– 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 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 3 – HOSPITAL E1 & E2 – 0 additional positives – Total = 1 staff

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We are pleased to report that there has been no further spread of COVID-19 in Menno Hospital. We are grateful.
COVID OUTBREAK UPDATE – Dec. 3– 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 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 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.