HOSPITAL COVID UPDATE – JANUARY 24, 2022 – E1, W2

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HOSPITAL E1: OUTBREAK: January 24, 2022

NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 3 residents | 0 staff

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 43 (28 residents | 15 staff:  13 returned to work)

MOST RECENT COVID CASE = January 23, 2022

INDEX CASE = January 3, 2022 (staff)

PASSED AWAY:  1 death, January 18, 2022

We are sorry to let you know that there are three new COVID positive residents. We continue with the protocols that are required for an Outbreak (see below).

Outbreak protocols:

  • All residents remain on droplet precautions – isolation and full PPE for staff and essential visits
  • Only VERY ESSENTIAL visits, no social visits
  • Audits continue – hand hygiene audit, PPE audit, environmental audit
  • All communal activity including dining stopped
  • All families of affected residents are contacted
  • Staff to using dining room as their cohorted break room
  • Staff to use patio entrance to enter and exit the unit
  • Any symptomatic residents will be swabbed for COVID

HOSPITAL W2: Enhanced Monitoring

NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 1

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 1 (1 residents | 0 staff)

MOST RECENT COVID CASE = January 24, 2022

INDEX CASE = January 24, 2022 (resident)

West 2 Hospital is on enhanced monitoring.

  • Twice daily symptom screening for staff and residents
  • Staff to wear masks and goggles
  • Symptomatic residents and residents who test positive are to be placed on isolation/droplet precautions.
  • Communal dining on the affected unit is stopped.
  • Group activities on the affected unit are stopped.
  • Social visits/essential visits can continue