Nursing home recorded 30 infections among residents & 10 among staff in the past three days

A surge in covid-19 cases at a Washington Township, PA, nursing home prompted the state’s Regional Response Health Collaborative program to visit the facility over the weekend. Quality Life Services, formerly known as West Haven Manor, recorded about 30 infections involving residents and 10 involving staffers in the past three days, Chief Operating Officer Paul McGuire said. A physician from the National Guard, via the RRHC, visited the facility over the weekend.

McGuire said as soon as a resident or staff member tests positive, universal testing occurs across the entire center. He was not able to confirm whether the first positive case of the outbreak was a resident or staff member.

The facility moved into a “yellow” phase, prompting heightened safety protocols such as requiring N-95 masks and gowns to be worn in all rooms. Additionally, the facility established a “red” zone to isolate covid-positive residents.

There have been no deaths as a result of the outbreak, McGuire said, and it seems the majority of those who are covid-positive are asymptomatic. “We just try to contain it as best we can,” McGuire said.

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