11/25/2020

Dear Family/Community Members,

Although not unexpected, yesterday late night (11/24/20) we have been notified of 2 positive staff members of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in our building through our routine testing on 11/23/20. These two staff members are currently self-quarantining at home. This event triggers a planned process of isolation to individualize rooms to aggressively minimize transmission to others. Our top priority is to keep everyone safe and healthy. We are collaborating with our Medical Director and the Minnesota Department of Health and are following all recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to ensure we are taking all appropriate steps at this time.

Browns Valley Health Center is committed to the health and safety of all the people that live and work in our community. With the confirmed case of CoVid-19 in our care center, BVHC will be performing entire site testing and will continue entire site testing until we have 2 weeks of no positives. We believe this is the best way to protect our residents, staff, and our community and track the path of the virus. Results will be shared as they come in. Our staff is equipped with specific training and personal protective equipment (PPE) to continue to provide safe, quality care, services and support to the residents of our community.

As we’ve shared several times, in early March, we initiated proactive infection control practices, screening procedures and visitor restrictions that will help us manage this situation as effectively as possible and protect the safety and health of all who live and work here.

We will continue to update you on any news, emerging issues, or additional changes in our operations via Bright Arrow, email, website, and our Facebook page.

We know that this news may concern you or that you may have questions about what we are doing to keep everyone safe and healthy. Please do not hesitate to reach out to me at 320-695-2165 or aherzog@bvhc.sfhs.org.

Sincerely,

Autumn Herzog, LNHA

Administrator