MENNO PLACE COVID UPDATE – MARCH 12, 2022

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MARCH 12, 2022

Please contact nurse at the unit for most recent updates and protocols when you arrive for your shift. As of March 11, 2022, staff are allowed to work on different units within Menno Home. Staff are limited to one unit per day. Please continue to wear a mask at all times and screen once per day. Please do not travel between Terrace East and other buildings.

Scenario Protocols (1, 2, 3) – CLICK HERE

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TERRACE EAST:  SELF MONITORING – Scenario 1 (confirmed March 12, 2022)

NO NEW CASES TODAY

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 4

Protocols:

  • Initiate twice daily symptom screening of staff and residents and have a low threshold for testing any symptomatic staff or residents.
  • Symptomatic residents and residents who test positive are to be placed on isolation/droplet precautions.
  • Group activities continue – Terrace East and Terrace West programs separated.
  • Dining room remains open.
  • No change to social visits. Visits continue. We ask that all visitors are vigilant about screening themselves, completing a Rapid test when they enter the building, wear a MEDICAL mask (provided), sanitize hands. Do not enter if you are sick.
  • Cohorting staff to the affected area (building).
  • No point prevalence testing of asymptomatic residents or staff

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HOSPITAL E2: MONITORING – Scenario 2 (declared March 10, 2022)

NO NEW CASES TODAY

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 1 staff

Protocols:
  • Social visits and essential visits continue
  • Communal dining stays open
  • Group activities continue
  • Twice a day monitoring for staff and residents
  • Staff to wear masks and goggles
  • Staff to cohort to Menno Hospital E1
  • Staff to use separate entrance

MENNO PLACE COVID UPDATE – MARCH 11, 2022

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MARCH 11, 2022

Please contact nurse at the unit for most recent updates and protocols when you arrive for your shift. As of March 11, 2022, staff are allowed to work on different units within Menno Home. Staff are limited to one unit per day. Please continue to wear a mask at all times and screen once per day. Please do not travel between Terrace East and other buildings.

Scenario Protocols (1, 2, 3) – CLICK HERE

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TERRACE EAST:  ENHANCED MONITORING – Scenario 2 (tentative March 11, 2022 waiting for further instructions from Public Health)

NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES= 1 staff / 3 residents

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 4

Protocols:

  • Initiate twice daily symptom screening of staff and residents and have a low threshold for testing any symptomatic staff or residents.
  • Symptomatic residents and residents who test positive are to be placed on isolation/droplet precautions.
  • Continued group activities – Terrace East and Terrace West programs separated.
  • Continue with communal dining
  • No change to social visits. Visits continue – we ask that all visitors are vigilant about screening themselves, completing a Rapid test when they enter the building, wear a MEDICAL mask (provided), sanitize hands. Do not enter if you are sick.
  • Cohorting staff to the affected area (building).
  • No point prevalence testing of asymptomatic residents or staff

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HOSPITAL E2: MONITORING – Scenario 1 (declared March 10, 2022)

NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES= 1 staff / 0 residents

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 1 staff

Protocols:
  • Initiate twice daily symptom screening of staff and residents and have a low threshold for testing any symptomatic staff or residents.
  • Goggles must be worn by staff at all times.
  • Staff are to use East 2 patio entrance.
  • No isolation/droplet precautions of residents unless they are symptomatic
  • Continued group activities.
  • Continue with communal dining.
  • No change to social visits.
  • Cohorting staff on the affected Unit.
  • No asymptomatic/point prevalence testing of residents or staff.
  • Notify Public Health COVID-19 LTC HUB if there are positive resident cases identified.
  • The site can stop monitoring 7 days after the positive staff member(s) last worked if no other cases are identified

Yay! It’s Friday!

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Yay! It’s Friday! Back by popular demand, with gratitude and thanks, there will be snacks in the lunchrooms across Menno Campus on the 4th Friday of the month for March, April and May. Thanks for all you do!

MENNO PLACE COVID UPDATE – MARCH 10, 2022

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MARCH 10, 2022

Please contact nurse at the unit for most recent updates and protocols when you arrive for your shift. As of today, March 10, 2022, staff are allowed to work on different units within Menno Home. Staff are limited to one unit per day. Please continue to wear a mask at all times and screen once per day.

Scenario Protocols (1, 2, 3) – CLICK HERE

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HOME W1: MONITORING DECLARED OVER (declared March 10, 2022)

Protocols:
  • Essential and designated visitors permitted
  • Group activities resume
  • Communal dining resumes
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HOME E1: MONITORING DECLARED OVER (declared March 10, 2022)

Protocols:
  • Essential and designated visitors permitted
  • Group activities resume
  • Communal dining resumes

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HOSPITAL E2: MONITORING – Scenario 1 (declared March 10, 2022)

NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES= 1 staff / 0 residents

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 1 staff

Protocols:
  • Initiate twice daily symptom screening of staff and residents and have a low threshold for testing any symptomatic staff or residents.
  • Goggles must be worn by staff at all times.
  • Staff are to use East 2 patio entrance.
  • No isolation/droplet precautions of residents unless they are symptomatic
  • Continued group activities.
  • Continue with communal dining.
  • No change to social visits.
  • Cohorting staff on the affected Unit.
  • No asymptomatic/point prevalence testing of residents or staff.
  • Notify Public Health COVID-19 LTC HUB if there are positive resident cases identified.
  • The site can stop monitoring 7 days after the positive staff member(s) last worked if no other cases are identified

Daylight Savings Time – Spring Forward

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Daylight Savings Time begins Sunday, March 13, 2022 at 2am. Don’t forget to set your clocks forward one hour.

MENNO PLACE COVID UPDATE – MARCH 9, 2022

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MARCH 9, 2022

Please contact nurse at the unit for most recent updates and protocols when you arrive for your shift.

Scenario Protocols (1, 2, 3) – CLICK HERE

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HOME W1: MONITORING – Scenario 1 (declared March 3, 2022)

NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES= 0 staff / 0 residents

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 2 staff

No new cases to report.
Protocols:
  • Initiate twice daily symptom screening of staff and residents and have a low threshold for testing any symptomatic staff or residents.
  • Goggles must be worn by staff at all times.
  • No isolation/droplet precautions of residents unless they are symptomatic
  • Continued group activities.
  • Continue with communal dining.
  • No change to social visits.
  • Cohorting staff on the affected Unit.
  • No asymptomatic/point prevalence testing of residents or staff.
  • Notify Public Health COVID-19 LTC HUB if there are positive resident cases identified.
  • The site can stop monitoring 7 days after the positive staff member(s) last worked if no other cases are identified
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HOME E1: MONITORING – Scenario 1 (declared March 6, 2022)

NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES= 1 staff / 0 residents

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 1 staff

No new cases to report.

Protocols:
  • Initiate twice daily symptom screening of staff and residents and have a low threshold for testing any symptomatic staff or residents.
  • Goggles must be worn by staff at all times.
  • No isolation/droplet precautions of residents unless they are symptomatic
  • Continued group activities.
  • Continue with communal dining.
  • No change to social visits.
  • Cohorting staff on the affected Unit.
  • No asymptomatic/point prevalence testing of residents or staff.
  • Notify Public Health COVID-19 LTC HUB if there are positive resident cases identified.
  • The site can stop monitoring 7 days after the positive staff member(s) last worked if no other cases are identified

MENNO PLACE COVID UPDATE – MARCH 7, 2022

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MARCH 7, 2022

Please contact nurse at the unit for most recent updates and protocols when you arrive for your shift.

Scenario Protocols (1, 2, 3) – CLICK HERE

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HOME W2: OUTBREAK DECLARED OVER! (06/03/2022)

OUTBREAK (declared 16/02/2022)

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES =31 residents (since Feb. 8/22)

We are so pleased to report to you that the W2 Outbreak was declared OVER on Sunday, March 6th!
Protocols:
  • All residents off isolation!
  • Essential and designated visitors permitted
  • Group activities resume
  • Communal dining resumes

HOME W1: MONITORING – Scenario 1 (declared March 3, 2022)

NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES= 0 staff / 0 residents

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 2 staff

No further COVID cases.
Protocols:
  • Initiate twice daily symptom screening of staff and residents and have a low threshold for testing any symptomatic staff or residents.
  • Goggles must be worn by staff at all times.
  • No isolation/droplet precautions of residents unless they are symptomatic
  • Continued group activities.
  • Continue with communal dining.
  • No change to social visits.
  • Cohorting staff on the affected Unit.
  • No asymptomatic/point prevalence testing of residents or staff.
  • Notify Public Health COVID-19 LTC HUB if there are positive resident cases identified.
  • The site can stop monitoring 7 days after the positive staff member(s) last worked if no other cases are identified
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HOME E1: MONITORING – Scenario 1 (declared March 6, 2022)

NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES= 1 staff / 0 residents

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 1 staff

Protocols:
  • Initiate twice daily symptom screening of staff and residents and have a low threshold for testing any symptomatic staff or residents.
  • Goggles must be worn by staff at all times.
  • No isolation/droplet precautions of residents unless they are symptomatic
  • Continued group activities.
  • Continue with communal dining.
  • No change to social visits.
  • Cohorting staff on the affected Unit.
  • No asymptomatic/point prevalence testing of residents or staff.
  • Notify Public Health COVID-19 LTC HUB if there are positive resident cases identified.
  • The site can stop monitoring 7 days after the positive staff member(s) last worked if no other cases are identified

MENNO PLACE COVID UPDATE – MARCH 4, 2022

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MARCH 4, 2022

Please contact nurse at the unit for most recent updates and protocols when you arrive for your shift.

Scenario Protocols (1, 2, 3) – CLICK HERE

HOME W2: OUTBREAK (declared 16/02/2022)

NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 0 resident  

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES =31 residents (since Feb. 8/22)

We are so pleased that there have been NO further COVID positive cases in the past 2 days. All but one of the residents have recovered from COVID. In our daily meeting with the Fraser Health Outbreak Lead, we discussed the possibility of residents who have recovered from COVID being taken off of isolation and droplet precaution. This was brought forward to the Medical Health Officer who has approved this, effective immediately. Residents on the north side of the unit who are symptomatic (0), have active cases of COVID (1) or who are recovered (17) will be no longer be in isolation. Those who have not contracted COVID will remain on droplet precaution / isolation. We are anticipating that this unit will be called off Outbreak if there are no new COVID cases in the next 48 hours. This is a hopeful possibility. At this time, only essential visitors are permitted.
Protocols:
  • Twice daily symptom screening for staff and residents
  • All residents isolated and on droplet precaution
  • Communal dining discontinued
  • Group activities discontinued
  • Staff to wear masks and goggles until further notice
  • Only essential visitors allowed.

HOME W1: MONITORING – Scenario 1 (declared 02/03/2022)

NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 0 staff  / 0 residents

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 2 staff

Protocols:
  • Initiate twice daily symptom screening of staff and residents and have a low threshold for testing any symptomatic staff or residents.
  • Goggles must be worn by staff at all times.
  • No isolation/droplet precautions of residents unless they are symptomatic
  • Continued group activities.
  • Continue with communal dining.
  • No change to social visits.
  • Cohorting staff on the affected Unit.
  • No asymptomatic/point prevalence testing of residents or staff.
  • Notify Public Health COVID-19 LTC HUB if there are positive resident cases identified.
  • The site can stop monitoring 7 days after the positive staff member(s) last worked if no other cases are identified

MENNO PLACE COVID UPDATE – MARCH 2, 2022

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MARCH 2, 2022

Please contact nurse at the unit for most recent updates and protocols when you arrive for your shift.

Scenario Protocols (1, 2, 3) – CLICK HERE

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UPDATES AND REPORTING:

With the high prevalence of COVID in the community, Fraser Health introduced new Scenarios for Protocols. This has impacted the complexity of reporting residents and staff who are COVID positive. As a result, we have made some changes to reporting:

  1. In the initial outbreaks, all COVID positive cases (both staff and residents) could be easily traced to the outbreak as the source of transmission. During this wave of Omicron, it is nearly impossible to do contact tracing with staff as it relates to transmission on the unit. With this in mind, we will no longer be reporting staff COVID positive cases unless they are the initial cases on the unit.
  2. The various scenarios for protocols have added layers of complexity to when the “beginning” of a COVID outbreak takes place. You will notice that there is a jump in the number of COVID positive residents on Home W2 today as we are now reporting not only how many residents have become COVID positive since the declaration of the outbreak, but also since the initial Scenario was declared. Our goal continues to be that we provide accurate and meaningful reports to you in order to clearly express the significance and ongoing nature of COVID positives on a unit.
  3. Unless an Outbreak is declared or ends, we will no longer be reporting on weekends. You can continue to expect updates Monday – Friday.

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HOME W2: OUTBREAK (declared 16/02/2022)

NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 1 resident  

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES =31 residents (since Feb. 8/22)

Protocols:
  • Twice daily symptom screening for staff and residents
  • All residents isolated and on droplet precaution
  • Communal dining discontinued
  • Group activities discontinued
  • Staff to wear masks and goggles until further notice
  • Only essential visitors allowed.

HOME W1: MONITORING – Scenario 1 (declared 02/03/2022)

NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 2 staff  

Protocols:
  • Initiate twice daily symptom screening of staff and residents and have a low threshold for testing any symptomatic staff or residents.
  • Goggles must be worn by staff at all times.
  • No isolation/droplet precautions of residents unless they are symptomatic
  • Continued group activities.
  • Continue with communal dining.
  • No change to social visits.
  • Cohorting staff on the affected Unit.
  • No asymptomatic/point prevalence testing of residents or staff.
  • Notify Public Health COVID-19 LTC HUB if there are positive resident cases identified.
  • The site can stop monitoring 7 days after the positive staff member(s) last worked if no other cases are identified

HOSPITAL E2: Monitoring (Scenario 2) – DECLARED OVER! (02/03/22)

NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 0

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 3 (2 resident | 1 staff)

Residents return to dining and group activities.

MENNO PLACE COVID UPDATE – MARCH 1, 2022

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MARCH 1, 2022

Please contact nurse at the unit for most recent updates and protocols when you arrive for your shift.

Scenario Protocols (1, 2, 3) – CLICK HERE

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HOME W2: OUTBREAK (declared 16/02/2022)

NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 1 resident  

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES =30 (25 residents | 5 staff)

We continue to watch for symptoms in residents and staff. The north and south ends of the W2 unit are separated. The north end is where we are continuing to see transmission of COVID. Residents are experiencing mild symptoms.

Protocols:
  • Twice daily symptom screening for staff and residents
  • All residents isolated and on droplet precaution
  • Communal dining discontinued
  • Group activities discontinued
  • Staff to wear masks and goggles until further notice
  • Only essential visitors allowed.

HOME W1: MONITORING OVER!

Protocols:
  • ONCE daily symptom screening for staff and residents
  • All staff to wear goggles – this will be reassessed mid-March

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HOSPITAL E2: Monitoring (Scenario 2)

NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 0

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 3 (2 resident | 1 staff)

No new cases 01/30/22

East 2 is on Scenario 2 Protocols:

• Twice daily symptom screening for staff and residents.
• All symptomatic residents will be placed on isolation and swabbed
• Communal dining on the affected unit is stopped.
• Group activities on the affected unit are stopped.
• Social visits and essential visits on the affected can continue
• Continued admissions/transfers to the affected unit without approval from MHO
• Staff to wear goggles and masks in the care areas
• Staff to be cohorted to East 2