There continues to be a high level of community transmission in Androscoggin County. In the last 28 days, Androscoggin county has seen a test positivity rate of 3% and 55.14 cases per 10,000 people. Ideally, we would like to see the case rate below 16. We will be...
COVID-19 Family Update 11-27-2020
The remainder of the staff surveillance tests have returned. We have 318 negative tests and the one previously reported non- clinical staff member that is positive. There are no known COVID-19 cases in residents at d’Youville Pavilion. There continues to be a...
COVID-19 Family Update 11-25-2020
Yesterday we sent an additional 107 staff swab samples to our laboratory for testing for a total of 319 swabs. At this time, we have 215 results back from samples that were sent this week. We anticipate the remainder of the swab results to be returned soon. We have...
Do You Need a Test?
The recent uptick in COVID-19 cases in our communities has generated questions about testing. Here are some helpful guidelines provided by the CDC. Considerations for those who should get tested, include: People who have symptoms of COVID-19 or People who have...
COVID-19 Family Update 11-23-2020
At this time there are no known cases of COVID-19 in residents or staff at d’Youville Pavilion. Today we began another round of surveillance testing for all of our staff. This afternoon we sent 212 swabs to our laboratory with expected results in 48 hours. We will...
COVID-19 Family Update 11-20-2020
There continues to be a high level of community transmission in Androscoggin County. Yesterday the Maine CDC updated the case rates and Androscoggin county is 40.17/10,000. What does this mean for us at d’Youville? On Monday, we will begin another round of...
COVID-19 Family Update 11-16-2020
Last week we sent out a total of 373 staff swabs as a part of our regularly scheduled surveillance testing. All have returned NEGATIVE. Our facility has been cleared of the COVID-19 Outbreak status which is great news! As you all may be aware, the cases in...
COVID-19 Family Update 11-12-2020
There are no known cases of COVID-19 in residents or staff at d’Youville Pavilion. We have resumed our monthly surveillance testing schedule and expect to have all staff testing completed by Friday. So far, we have sent in 290 staff tests to the Maine CDC lab (HETL)....
November 2020 Newsletter
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COVID-19 Family Update 11-4-2020
We have completed 2 weeks of staff testing and all test results came back negative. Per CDC guidelines we are still considered an outbreak for 28 days from the first date of our positive test results. If no positive staff or patients CDC will lift the outbreak on...