12/03/2020
Dear Community Members,
This week’s results: Today we have been notified of 1 positive staff member of Coronavirus (COVID-19) that tested positive from our routine 12/1/20 test date. This staff member is currently self-quarantining at home and has not worked in the last 4 days or had direct contact with any residents. All Residents tested negative. Our care center continues to test staff twice weekly, we will conduct staff testing on 12/04/2020 and entire-site testing on 12/08/2020.
We are taking aggressive infection control measures which we believe will help us manage this situation as effectively as possible. We are working with the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) to ensure we are taking all appropriate steps. We are following recommendations from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to protect our residents and staff from this virus and will continue to take every action possible to prevent it from spreading in our setting.
The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) held an emergency meeting this week to review allocation recommendations for vaccines in phase 1 distribution. The advisory committee voted to include residents of long-term care communities in Phase 1A of vaccination. We anticipate a vaccine being available in the coming weeks and will keep you informed.
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. Please follow our Facebook page (@Browns Valley Health Center) or our website (www.sfhs.org) for all COVID updates and information on what is happening inside our care center.
Please do not hesitate to reach out to Autumn Herzog, Administrator, at 320-695-2165 or by email at aherzog@bvhc.sfhs.org if you have any questions or concerns. We appreciate all the support, prayers, and offers of help that we’ve received.
Autumn Herzog, LNHA
Administrator