MENNO PLACE COVID UPDATE – FEBRUARY 25, 2022
FEBRUARY 25, 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 = 2 residents
TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES =27 (22 residents | 5 staff)
Unfortunately, we have 2 new COVID positive residents today in the north end of the W2 unit. The south end of the unit (closest to Marshall Rd) is off of droplet precautions as there has been no transmission on this end of the unit. The north and south ends of the unit are closed off from each other.
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Twice daily symptom screening for staff and residents
- All residents isolated and on droplet precaution
- Communal dining discontinued
- Group activities discontinued
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Staff to wear masks and goggles until further notice
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Only essential visitors allowed.
HOME E1: OFF Monitoring (Scenario 1)
TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 4 (0 residents | 4 staff)
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HOSPITAL E2: Monitoring (Scenario 2)
NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 0
TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 3 (2 resident | 1 staff)
All swabs done have returned negative. This is very hopeful! If there is no further transmission, we will be off Monitoring early next week.
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
