COVID Outbreak Declared in Acute Care
Please be aware that a COVID outbreak has been declared in Acute Care, effective September 25th, 2023.
Any patient or staff of Haliburton Highlands Health Services (inpatient unit) with or without symptoms compatible with COVID-19, with an onset date of Sept. 19, 2023 or later, test evidence of COVID – 19 (PCR, RAT, RMT); where infection could have reasonably been acquired in the hospital, or where infection could have been transmitted in the hospital.
Effective Immediately - Information for Visitors
- Visitors are restricted to palliative care and high needs patients
- No admissions at this time
- All patients in Acute Care are being cared for with enhanced droplet/contact precautions
- Enhanced environmental cleaning with attention to high touch surfaces is in place