{"id":15301,"date":"2020-11-12T04:21:43","date_gmt":"2020-11-12T09:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?p=15301"},"modified":"2020-11-23T04:25:09","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T09:25:09","slug":"covid-19-outbreaks-declared-in-two-university-hospital-units","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/covid-19-outbreaks-declared-in-two-university-hospital-units\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 outbreaks declared in two University Hospital units"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(November 11, 2020)<\/p>\n<p>By: Brent Lale, CTV News London<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-right: 150px;\"><iframe style=\"display: block; height: 315px; width: 560px; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/webapps.9c9media.com\/vidi-player\/1.9.15\/share\/iframe.html?currentId=2074969&#038;config=ctvnews\/share.json&#038;kruxId=&#038;rsid=bellmedianewsprod,bellmediaglobalprod&#038;siteName=CTVNews&#038;cid=%5B%7B%22contentId%22%3A2074969%2C%22ad%22%3A%7B%22adsite%22%3A%22ctv.ctvnews%22%2C%22adzone%22%3A%22embed%22%7D%7D%5D\" width=\"100%\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span>\ufeff<\/span><strong><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span>Analysis<\/strong><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>LONDON, ONT. &#8212; London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) says they are dealing with two outbreaks of COVID-19 on separate floors in as many days.<\/p>\n<p>The hospital\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lhsc.on.ca\/coronavirus\/covid-19-outbreak-information\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posted the outbreaks to their website<\/a>,<\/span> but has declined an interview request from CTV News.<\/p>\n<p>The first one is listed as being on the 4th floor in 4IP General Medicine. The second added Wednesday is listed as 91P Orthopaedics.<\/p>\n<p>An email sent to LHSC staff Tuesday morning and obtained by CTV News indicates there are three confirmed cases on the fourth floor and the unit is in Alert Level 2.<\/p>\n<p>The Middlesex-London Health Unit tells CTV News the outbreak on the ninth floor is believed to involve fewer than five cases.<\/p>\n<p>It continues, &#8220;In collaboration with the Middlesex-London Health Unit these cases have been reported as an outbreak, utilizing the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care&#8217;s criteria for public reporting. In addition all appropriate stakeholders have been notified.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The outbreaks are not surprising to the London Health Coalition (LHC)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I wish I could say I was absolutely shocked,&#8217; says Peter Bergmanis of the LHC. &#8220;I only could have hoped at Queen&#8217;s Park to what we&#8217;ve been saying for months. Be prepared for this. None of this stop-gap measures, we knew this was coming. They didn&#8217;t do enough to prevent it and now we have it in the hospitals again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/london.ctvnews.ca\/mobile\/covid-19-outbreaks-declared-in-two-university-hospital-units-1.5183975\">Ontario Health Coalition<\/a> is currently reporting 181 active outbreaks in health care settings, and prior to Wednesday listed 32 active outbreaks in hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>During an outbreak the hospital takes the following steps:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Affected units are closed to other patient admissions unless medically required and existing patients are actively assessed<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Staff working on the affected units are not permitted to work in other units until outbreak is declared over<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Staff are advised to monitor and report symptoms and escalate precautions immediately<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Enhanced equipment and environmental cleaning measures are taken<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Contact tracing of affected staff and patients is completed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An outbreak is declared over if there are no new cases after 14 days.<\/p>\n<p>The Ontario Nurses Association (ONA) Local 100 has been advocating for increased safety measures since the beginning of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s no policy with firm instruction from the employer that they should be wearing an N95 mask with a suspected or confirmed case of COVID-19,&#8221; says Ricki Leigh Dolsen, president of ONA Local 100.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As bargaining unit president I have been advocating in meetings with employers to go one step further and there is nothing stopping them to do so. As a union we have communicated to our members to wear N95 respirators in hot zones, and suspect or confirmed cases of COVID-19.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The outbreak comes as the region has seen a spike in cases since the weekend including a new record number of cases on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s the type of transmission we see in the community that would lead to the increasing number of people having to go in the hospital,&#8221; says Dr. Alex Summers, associate medical officer of health for the Middlesex-London Health Unit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s where we start to see hospital systems get overwhelmed. When we look at rates that have happened over the past weeks in Middlesex-London we are heading in the wrong direction. The actions you do at home, after work, on weekends, those are the actions that will make a difference.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/london.ctvnews.ca\/mobile\/covid-19-outbreaks-declared-in-two-university-hospital-units-1.5183975\">Click here for original article<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(November 11, 2020) By: Brent Lale, CTV News London \ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeffAnalysis LONDON, ONT. &#8212; London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) says they are dealing with two outbreaks of COVID-19 on separate floors in as many days. The hospital\u00a0posted the outbreaks to their website, but has declined an interview request from CTV News. 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