| Additional cases being reported at this hospital. They actually sent one person home who had to be called back because they tested positive.
Delayed test results are not that uncommon.
All babies and all staff members and 17 visitors are being treated with Tamiflu. There has been NO confirmed cases of any positive tests. I pray this stays the case.
The hospital is busy doing damage control. They are calling all people scheduled to come in to reassure them that the Women's Center is safe, clean, and no "reported" cases. Yesterday, I think I heard that they called 57 people. These are schedules deliveries, C-sections and so on.
This is a major birthing center in Greensboro and many people come here from smaller outlying communities.
The person who cross contaminated (again, not uncommon) is positive and being treated at home.
HERE ARE SOME TIPS FOR YOU AS A PATIENT:
If you feel flu like symptoms, don't delay being seen.
This is NOT flu season so ask yourself why you would have flu like symptoms.
As a patient, you have RIGHTS.
One of those rights is asking staff members to wash their hands (sink, soap & water) or hand washer with bacteriostatic contents (like Purell) before touching or treating you.
Many viruses can live outside the body for hours.
Person-to-Person contact is the number one spread of germs.
Good hand hygiene from you and medical staff can greatly decrease the spread.
And there is no better place to catch germs and viruses than a hospital.
If you have to go to the ER for anything, it is not a bad idea to take with you or ask for a surgical mask upon checking in.
The waiting room is full of who knows what. You can be exposed to any number of germs and viruses from people waiting to be seen.
Take precautions.
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