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

November 26 – HOME – 4 (four) additional positive residents & 1 positive staff – Total = 11 (eleven) – Menno Home E2

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COVID OUTBREAK UPDATE – Nov. 26 – 2020 – Menno Home E2
NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 5 (4 residents & 1 staff Home E2)
FIVE ADDITIONAL POSITIVE CASES SINCE YESTERDAY
TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 11 – (10 residents in Menno Home E2 & 1 staff Home E2)
ACTION
  • We continue the droplet precautions on all of the Menno Home units
  • Staff continue to be cloistered to one unit. They will only work on this unit for the duration of the outbreak.

November 25 – HOME – 1 (one) additional positive – Total = 6 residents in Menno Home E2

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NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 1 resident (family has been informed)

ONE ADDITIONAL POSITIVE CASE SINCE YESTERDAY

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 6 residents in Menno Home E2; 0 staff

SWABS

  • We continue to await results for several staff. The swabs are in process.
  • Most of the staff swabs have come back – all negative. Waiting for 6 more to return results.

November 24 – Two (2) additional positives – Total = 5 residents in Menno Home E2

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COVID OUTBREAK UPDATE – Nov. 24, 2020 – Menno Home E2

2 ADDITIONAL POSITIVE CASES SINCE NOV. 23

NEW POSITIVE CASES = 2 (2 residents / 0 staff)

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 5 residents in Menno Home E2; 0 staff

SWABS

  • Several residents in E2 awaiting swab results.
  • We continue to await results for some of the staff. The swabs are in process.
  • UPDATE: Staff whose swab results are negative are NOT able to return to work on other units.
  • PER COVID-19 PROTOCOL, ALL E2 RESIDENTS WHO TESTED NEGATIVE ARE BEING RETESTED TODAY.

November 23 – No additional positives – Total=3 residents in Menno Home E2

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COVID OUTBREAK UPDATE – Nov. 23, 2020 – Menno Home E2

NO CHANGE IN # OF POSITIVE CASES FROM NOV. 22
NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 0 (for both residents and staff)
TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 3 residents in Menno Home E2; 0 staff
SWABS
  • Several residents in E2 have be re-swabbed. Families have been notified
  • We continue to wait for test results for some of the staff

Staff whose swab results are negative are now able to return to work in other units wearing full PPE.

Zoom Calls Continue as Booked for Home E1, W1, W2

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Zoom calls continue as booked. We apologize for any confusion.

November 22 – No additional positives – Total=3 residents in Menno Home E2

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COVID OUTBREAK UPDATE – Nov. 22, 2020 – Menno Home E2

NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 0 (for both residents and staff)
TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 3 residents in Menno Home E2; 0 staff
SWAB RESULTS
  • All of the resident results for Home E2 have been returned. 3 positive / remaining are negative. Residents will be swabbed again this week.
  • Most staff results have been returned. All that have been returned are negative. Staff with pending results are on isolation at home.
MENNO HOME (ENTIRE BUILDING) IS ON FULL PRECAUTIONS
The Medical Health Officer has ordered full precautions for every unit in Menno Home. This means that all residents are in isolation in their own room. There are no window visits that require staff assistance as the residents cannot leave their rooms. Staff tasks have shifted to take on additional duties during this full precaution period. Safe visits and Zoom visits are cancelled for all of Menno Home at this time. Residents who are actively dying are permitted visits.