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.)

November 25- *NEW OUTBREAK* – HOSPITAL – One (1) positive staff – Total = 1 staff / 0 residents – Affected units: E1 & E2

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Despite our efforts to keep COVID out of Menno Place over the past 8 months, we have a confirmed COVID positive for ONE (1) Menno Hospital staff member.

NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 1 staff member

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 1 staff member / 0 residents

AREAS OF EXPOSURE: Hospital E1 and Hospital E2

IS THIS COVID OUTBREAK RELATED TO THE ONE IN MENNO HOME? No. The COVID positive staff member does not work at Menno Home.

NEXT STEPS:

  • We have cancelled Safe Visits and Essential Visits for all Menno Hospital units – E1, E2, W2
  • Zoom calls continue.
  • Visits for residents who are actively dying continue to be permitted. Nursing will contact the primary contact of any resident who is in this stage of the palliative journey.
  • We await instruction from the Medical Health Officer about swabbing residents and staff.

PRAYERS:

Thank you for your prayers for Menno Place and each other.