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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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

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

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.