MENNO PLACE COVID UPDATE – FEBRUARY 24, 2022

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Please contact nurse at the unit for most recent updates and protocols when you arrive for your shift.

Scenario Protocols (1, 2, 3) – CLICK HERE

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HOME W2: OUTBREAK (declared 16/02/2022)

NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 0 residents  

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 24 (20 residents | 5 staff)

There are no new COVID positive resident cases today. There is 1 staff member who is COVID positive, but not related to transmission from this outbreak.
Protocols:
  • Twice daily symptom screening for staff and residents
  • All residents isolated and on droplet precaution
  • Communal dining discontinued
  • Group activities discontinued
  • Staff to wear masks and goggles until further notice
  • Only essential visitors allowed.

HOME E1: Monitoring (Scenario 1)

NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 0

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 4 (0 residents | 4 staff)

No new cases 02/24/2022.

Protocols:

  • Twice daily symptom screening for staff and residents
  • Staff to wear masks and goggles
  • Group activities continue
  • Communal dining continues
  • Social visits/essential visits can continue

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HOSPITAL E2: Monitoring (Scenario 2)

NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 1

TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 3 (2 resident | 1 staff)

Six swabs were done on residents yesterday. 5 negative, 1 pending.

East 2 is on Scenario 2 Protocols:

• Twice daily symptom screening for staff and residents.
• All symptomatic residents will be placed on isolation and swabbed
• Communal dining on the affected unit is stopped.
• Group activities on the affected unit are stopped.
• Social visits and essential visits on the affected can continue
• Continued admissions/transfers to the affected unit without approval from MHO
• Staff to wear goggles and masks in the care areas
• Staff to be cohorted to East 2