COVID-19 Staff Update | Muswellbrook Outbreak Notification No images? Click here IMPORTANT: Positive COVID-19 exposure identified at Calvary MuswellbrookDate: 31 December 2021 To: All staff at Calvary Muswellbrook From: Bryan McLoughlin, Regional CEO - NSW/QLD We are writing to inform you that a member of staff has tested positive COVID-19 on Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) at Calvary Muswellbrook. As a precaution we have elected to isolate residents and cease visitation until formal PCR results have returned. We understand this is a difficult and anxious time for you, the residents you care for and their families. I want to assure you that we have planned for this and will continue to do everything possible to cater for your and the residents’ health and wellness needs safely. What are we doing to contain the outbreak? The home’s COVID-19 Outbreak Management Plan (OMP) has been enacted and we have taken immediate action to contain transmission and keep residents and staff safe, which includes:
We need you to continue to work You are safe to continue to provide resident care because you are trained and prepared for a COVID-19 outbreak. Just like during any infectious outbreak, your training means you will know how to provide resident care safely by following our strict infection prevention and control procedures, including the correct use of PPE. For staff that work across multiple sites we would like you to continue to work at Calvary. To support you to do this Calvary will commit to giving you equivalent shifts to ensure that your hours from both Calvary and the alternate employer are maintained at a minimum. What do I need to remember?Our first priority and focus is the safety, health and wellbeing of the people in our care, including you, our employees, at this challenging time. You will be kept informed by your Manager as the situation develops.
Thank you for all that you are doing to ensure our residents continue to receive the safest possible care with empathy and compassion in this challenging time. Regards, Bryan McLoughlin Regional CEO - NSW/QLD Founded in 1885 by the Sisters of the Little Company of Mary, Calvary is a charitable, not-for-profit, Catholic health care organisation. Our mission is to provide quality, compassionate health care to the most vulnerable, including those reaching the end of their life. With over 18,000 staff and volunteers, we have a national network of 14 Public and Private Hospitals, 72 Residential Care and Retirement Communities and 19 Community Care service centres. |