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COVID UPDATE – December 16, 2021 – E1 Hospital Enhanced Monitoring

NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 1 staff

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

MOST RECENT COVID CASE = December 16, 2021

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All day staff who worked in E1 HOSPITAL who worked on December 10th and 11th are required to get a COVID PCR test immediately.

1 resident is on droplet precaution / 6 residents have been swabbed for COVID.

E1 Staff – Follow all of these requirements:

• All day staff who worked Dec 10 or 11 must get COVID swabbed
• Lunchroom is the Fireside Cafe for E1 cohorted staff ONLY
• No access to Fireside Cafe takeout for E1 cohorted staff
• E1 staff enter and exit the unit through the patio door ONLY
• Manual sign in/out for E1 staff ONLY – located at patio entrance
• Goggles are required at all times for staff
• Change your mask after every break and when it becomes wet or dirty

For the unit on Enhanced Monitoring:

• Communal dining will continue
• Recreation activities will continue
• Social visits continue – masks worn at ALL times – they are not permitted to be taken off when visitors are alone with residents
• Unvaccinated visitors may not take residents out of the unit

The Omicron variant is VERY contagious and ALL staff MUST be vigilant in all the infection control protocols including:

• six feet of distance in the lunch rooms
• masks off ONLY when eating or drinking AND six feet away from others
• rapid testing REQUIRED before every shift for all staff on the campus
• masks worn properly – NEVER under the nose – tightly pinched and shaped tight to your nose