Infection Control News

We are entering Flu/Covid season, and I am relying on all of you to help keep the residents healthy. One of the easiest and best ways to do this is with proper hand hygiene and a self-assessment at home before visiting.

When coming into the home and entering any of the home areas please ensure you are using the hand sanitizer as well as when you are leaving the home areas and the building.

Before you come to visit your loved ones, please take a moment at home, and ensure that you are feeling well and do not have any symptoms of illness (fever, runny nose, cough, congestion, sore throat). If you do, please stay home.

The graph shows hand hygiene audits that are completed daily throughout the home and at the front door. As you can see the compliance for family/guests coming into the home is at 50%. We need to get this up to at least 95% or higher to ensure that we breaking the chain of infection.

Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) week is coming, and you will see some fun information and activities. Please feel free to join in on the fun.

Thank you for helping to keep the residents safe and healthy.

Please reach out if you have any questions to stephanie.albert@muskoka.on.ca

Stephanie Albert RPN, IPAC Lead