NEWS RELEASE
NORTH SHORE HEALTH NETWORK
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As a part of ongoing, proactive surveillance and case discovering, COVID-19 has been confirmed on the Acute Care Unit of the North Shore Well being Community (NSHN) situated in Blind River.
Consequently, Algoma Public Well being (APH) is declaring an outbreak.
NSHN is working intently with APH to take actions to maintain employees, suppliers, sufferers and guests secure together with monitoring all sufferers for brand spanking new signs, closing the unit to new admissions, and implementing visiting restrictions.
Efficient instantly, the next visiting restrictions for the Acute Care Unit can be in place:
There can be no normal visiting through the outbreak.
Visiting is proscribed to Important Caregivers / Important Guests solely. o Restricted to 2 (2) guests per day. o Size of visits is just not restricted until distinctive circumstances apply.
Finish-of-life sufferers (together with end-of-life COVID-positive sufferers) can have a visiting plan developed with the Nursing Workforce.
Guests are required to put on a medical masks always, and to carry out hand hygiene upon entry and exit.
All guests ought to think about their private well being in figuring out whether or not visiting is acceptable. Guests exhibiting indicators of influenza-like sickness (fever, cough, problem respiration, runny nostril, sneezing, and so on.) can be requested to not go to.
The North Shore Well being Community will proceed to supply updates on the standing of the outbreak.
For extra data on COVID-19 and what to do if in case you have signs, go to Algoma Public Well being’s web site at this hyperlink.
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