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

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COVID OUTBREAK UPDATE – Nov. 28 – 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
  • 1 resident swab is pending
  • ALL of the rest of the resident swabs returned NEGATIVE!
  • We are putting W2 on droplet precaution in an abundance of caution

November 28 – HOME – 1 new positive staff – Total = 12 – Menno Home E2

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COVID OUTBREAK UPDATE – NOV. 28 – 2020 – MENNO HOME E2
NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 1
1 ADDITIONAL POSITIVE CASE SINCE YESTERDAY
TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 12 – (10 residents in Menno Home E2 & 2 staff Home E2)
ACTION
  • We continue to swab any staff or residents who show any symptoms, no matter how mild
  • As the staff are cloistered (only allowed on one unit) and off while waiting for the full 14 day isolation to be complete, we are desperately needing housekeeping assistance.
  • WE ARE ASKING FAMILIES AND FRIENDS FOR HELP: We will be posting an opportunity for family members whose loved ones live on W1, W2, E2 Menno Home to provide housekeeping, laundry or dietary assistance in full PPE. You will be able to see your loved one. A link to an online form to express your interest will be posted shortly.
  • We are receiving the deliveries of overbed tables (they are arriving in smaller deliveries), putting them together and getting them to the resident rooms for meals in their rooms.
  • We are waiting for 80 more overbed tables to arrive!

Menno Hospital E1 – Use Hospital Main Entrance to enter and exit

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To all the staff of Menno Hospital E1,

Your entrance and exit has been changed. You will now use the Main Entrance of Menno Hospital to enter E1.

You will be actively screened at the main entrance.

Go immediately after screening to your locker room and to report to work.

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.

What to do if someone in your household is being tested for COVID

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Someone in your household is being tested for COVID

If someone in your household (in the same living space) is being tested for COVID, phone in to Staffing and do not come to work until they receive their test results.

If their test is negative, you may come in to work s long as they are asymptomatic.

If their test is positive, you must go and get tested.

 

Hearts on the Doors – What Do They Mean?

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If you see a heart on the door of a resident room, this is what it means:

Red – the resident is Covid positive

Orange – resident is pending swab results

Blue – resident is in isolation

November 27 – HOME – 0 additional positive cases – Total = 11 (eleven) – Menno Home E2

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COVID OUTBREAK UPDATE – Nov. 27 – 2020 – Menno Home E2

NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 0
ZERO ADDITIONAL POSITIVE CASES SINCE YESTERDAY
TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 11 – (10 residents in Menno Home E2 & 1 staff Home E2)
ACTION
  • We continue to swab any staff or residents who show any symptoms, no matter how mild
  • Resident Swabs – We swabbed all of the residents on Home E2 on the 17th and again on the 24th. The result of the swabs done on the 24th were reported yesterday, 4 positive results. The rest of the residents were negative.
  • Continued communication with Fraser Health with daily meetings each morning.
  • We continue to order and receive appropriate quantities of PPE.

Staff and Medical Safety – What should you do BEFORE, DURING and AFTER work?

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Before Work:

Remove watch and jewelry

Wear clean clothes to work

Bring a change of clothes or scrubs in a washable/disposable laundry bag

Bring lunch in disposable bag

Do not wear nail polish and use proper hand hygiene

During Work:

Disinfect phone, ID badge and glasses

Disinfect work station and stethoscope

Hand hygiene before/after each patient and when touching new surfaces

Use dedicated equipment in patient rooms as much as possible

No handshaking or high fives

Ensure 2 metre separation from other staff when talking

Wear appropriate PPE as directed

After Work:

Put clothes in washable / disposable laundry bag – wear clean clothing home

Disinfect phone, ID badge, glasses and stethoscope

Work shoes wiped down and left at work

Shower at work or immediately when home

Leave outside shoes in garage or outside front door

Put water bottles/plastic containers in dishwasher

Put clothing and washable laundry bag into washer

Focus on wellness activities at least 1 hour / day

Menno Hospital – Swabbing for COVID-19

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When was the COVID-19 exposure? November 18-21

Where was the COVID-19 exposure? Menno Hospital E1 and E2

Who needs to get swabbed for COVID?

All residents on those units will be swabbed, beginning with the residents with whom the COVID positive staff member worked.

All staff who worked November 18th forward on E1 or E2 need a swab test.

Staff can go to the community to get tested. Click here to book your COVID swab

You MUST say that you are a from the Menno Hospital outbreak (to be processed in the cluster) and were exposed through a COVID positive staff member.

 

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.)