As of Oct. 6, 39 employees and 13 patients have tested positive for the virus. No new patients have been infected since Sept. 30, according to the hospital.
Since Sept. 25, 7,250 employees have taken 8,544 COVID-19 tests. All current inpatients have been tested and will be tested every three days. Patients are also tested upon admission. Visitors are still allowed in some areas of the hospital.
The hospital is still investigating how the virus spread, but listed the following contributing factors:
- Many patients weren’t masked while interacting with staff
- Providers were inconsistent in their use of eye protection during patient encounters
- The first patient to test positive had received an aerosol-generating procedure prior to the positive test result
- A staff member with mild symptoms, consistent with historical seasonal allergies, continued to work
- Lack of physical distancing among staff while unmasked while eating
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