Revised 2/22/2021
Policy:
It is the policy of Worth County Care Center to facilitate safe visitation practices and to keep the residents as safe as possible from being exposed to COVID-19.
Procedure:
All visitors will be screened in and must follow the Infection Control Policies.
Residents, their guardian, or legal representative may designate up to five (5) visitors total.
Each scheduled visit will consist of up to two (2) visitors at one time with social distancing (spaced by at least six (6) feet), hand hygiene before and after each visit for both the resident and the visitors and use of a cloth face covering or facemask for both the resident and the visitors. In the event a resident cannot safely wear a cloth face covering or facemask, a plastic partition or plexiglass barrier will be utilized to prevent the spread of virus. The cloth face covering, or facemask will be provided by the facility and will be returned to the facility for laundering.
Visits will be conducted inside in the designated areas. These designated areas are:
• Covid Cabana located in the Therapy room.
• Covid Cabana located in the Dining room.
• Room 35, which is set up for social distancing.
Indoor Visits
Indoor visits will be limited to:
• Residents who are COVID-19 negative or asymptomatic and not suspected to have COVID-19; or Previously COVID-19 positive but have been released from isolation.
Indoor visits will be implemented under the following conditions:
• The facility must not have any COVID-19 staff or resident cases, or it has been fourteen (14) days since the last facility acquired COVID-19 positive case.
• The County positivity rate must be below the levels recommended by CDC, CMS and DHSS.
Accommodation for visits:
• All visits will be scheduled through the Business Office Manager, Monday through Friday between 9 am – 3 pm. If the Office Manager is not available, the Administrator will schedule appointments. If the Administrator is not available, the Director of Nursing will schedule appointments.
• Visits must be scheduled at least 24 hours in advance.
• A maximum of 2 visitors per resident will be allowed in the facility.
• Visits will be scheduled on the hour, allowing the visitor into the visitation room to be screened, properly donned with PPE and handwashing and sanitation to take place. The 30-minute visit time will start when the resident has been donned with the appropriate PPE, hand hygiene performed and/or placed on the opposite side of the plexiglass barrier.
• Visitors must maintain six (6) feet between themselves and the resident throughout the visit.
• PPE will be provided by WCCC. Cloth masks will be laundered after each use.
Safe practices for visits:
• Visitors will enter and exit the building through the door nearest the designated room.
• All visits will be monitored for adherence to proper use of masks and social distancing, while allowing for auditory privacy.
• A complete screening will be performed before each visit begins to ensure that only those visitors that meet the screening criteria are allowed.
• The screening will include temperature checks and a questionnaire to be filled out every time a visitor arrives.
• We will not allow any visitor with signs and symptoms consistent with COVID-19 or who are unable to demonstrate proper use of infection control techniques to visit.
• Visitor logs will be filed and kept for 180 days. Logs will record the names of visitors, who they visited, staff that assisted the visit, date of visit, and contact information to be used in the event of subsequent COVID-19 outbreak among staff or residents will be filed and kept for 180 days.
• All visitation areas will be sanitized between visits, including tables, chairs, and partitions between each and every visit using an EPA approved disinfectant in accordance with instructions for dilution and contact times.
Visits will be stopped:
• If at any time a resident test positive for COVID-19, or a staff person tests positive for COVID-19 and if the staff person was in the facility in the ten (10) days prior to the positive test, all general indoor visits will cease except for compassionate care situations. Indoor general visitation will not resume until the facility achieves a continuous fourteen (14) day period without a facility acquired resident or staff COVID-19 case (if staff person was in the facility in the ten (10) days prior to the positive test), excluding dedicated units/wings accepting COVID-19 cases from the community.
• County percentages are above the levels that are recommended by CDC, CMS and DHSS.
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