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Two employees of the Stavanger University Hospital (SUS) were infected, seven employees of the intensive care unit are in quarantine and the hospital is on yellow alert.
Late Monday night, it was learned that an employee of the intensive care unit of the University Hospital of Stavanger (SUS) had tested positive for covid-19.
Helse Stavanger CEO Helle Schøyen said in a press release Tuesday that they still do not know the source of the employee’s infection.
Seven in quarantine
– Since seven employees have now been quarantined, potential non-time critical intensive care unit admissions will go to Haugesund or Bergen. Since these seven are highly competent employees, we also need to consider whether the department can stay open this week. This is especially due to the fact that the department depends on it being open at night and on weekends, says Schøyen.
– How many patients and staff are affected by infections?
– We are working to get an overview of how many patients can be considered close contacts. I don’t want to come up with numbers, because we are in the mapping phase. We want a better overview during the day.
All the employees of the intensive care unit 2M and the postoperative room 1G, which is close to the intensive care unit, are continuously tested and several of them already did it last night. The consequences of the case of infection for the operation of the intensive care unit are currently uncertain.
– This is something that we must clarify during the day and return to, affirms the director of the hospital.
The clinic’s manager, Geir Lende, says 23 employees have been tested. – We screen about 50 employees daily and go out to detect possible cases of infection. Photo: Jarle Aasland
Source of infection uncertain
The infected employee was working in the intensive care unit on Thursday and Friday, but showed no symptoms of the coronavirus until Saturday. Then he came home from work. How contagious a person is in the days before symptoms are uncertain, explains clinic manager Geir Lende.
– Then you are not very contagious, but we cannot rule out a possible infection. So we have a rule that we go back 48 hours to be as safe as possible.
A patient from the intensive care unit is in close contact with the infected employee and was transferred to neurosurgery.
– All neurosurgery patients are kept isolated and analyzed. Efforts are being made to track all patients who may be affected, says Lende.
– Is there a high probability that the source of infection is in the SUS?
– Can’t be ruled out. There is a higher risk of infection now than a few weeks ago.
CEO Helle Schøyen at Helse Stavanger during Tuesday’s press release. Photo: Jon Ingemundsen
Yellow alert
Readiness level has changed from green to yellow. This means that the situation must be handled with greater efforts / resources and extraordinary measures.
The hospital has started the necessary measures for the detection of infections and quarantine, and is working to cope with the operation. Close contacts are quarantined and tested. All affected patients and staff will be notified in more detail by the hospital.
– We are more aware of the situation and we are deploying emergency preparedness, says Schøyen.
The planned operations have been postponed until Tuesday. Outpatient surgery in Hillevåg is performed as usual.
On Saturday, an employee at the children’s and adolescent clinic tested positive for the coronavirus. Two other employees were immediately quarantined. In addition, four patients and relatives were quarantined. Photo: Jan Inge Haga
Two infected employees
The intensive care unit employee is the other hospital employee in a short time who has tested positive. On Saturday, September 26, an employee of the children’s and adolescent clinic tested positive for corona.
As a result, two other employees were immediately quarantined. In addition, four patients and relatives were quarantined.
No infection has yet been detected in anyone at the child and adolescent clinic other than this employee, and the person in question is monitored by their manager. The operation of the children and adolescents clinic is working normally, the hospital says.
You can see the SUS press orientation in the recording above, or read the content in the text below.
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An employee associated with the intensive care unit of the University Hospital of Stavanger (SUS) was diagnosed with covid-19 on Monday, September 28. Extraordinary measures have been implemented, the SUS states in a press release.
The hospital has started the necessary measures for infection detection and quarantine, and is working to manage the operation. Close contacts are quarantined and tested. All affected patients and staff will be notified in more detail by the hospital.
The planned operations have been postponed until Tuesday. Outpatient surgery in Hillevåg is performed as usual.
Readiness level has changed from green to yellow. This means that the situation must be handled with greater efforts / resources and extraordinary measures.
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Then the transmission is over. We thank you for the entourage.
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– Is there a high probability that the source of infection is in the SUS?
– Can’t be ruled out. There is a higher risk of infection now than a few weeks ago.
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– Do we know the origin of the infection in the two new cases?
– It’s a challenge, in some cases it will take some time to clear this up, says head of infection control Lars Kåre Kleppe at SUS.
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– No one has done anything wrong in this situation, says head of infection control Lars Kåre Kleppe at SUS in the subsequent interview.
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– It may seem small with 7 employees, but these are highly competent staff, and we need to look at capacity overnight and on weekends to see if the department can continue to function.
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– What does this mean for daily operations?
– 7 employees are close contacts, so these are critical personnel for us. It may have something to do with the operation of the intensive care unit this week.
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– How many samples have been taken in relation to the case of infection?
– 23 employees were tested and none were positive. We tested more throughout the day.
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– Two in SUS infected. How many are affected by the cases?
– We are working to get an overview of how many patients can be considered close contacts. I don’t want to come up with numbers, because we are in the mapping phase. We want a better overview during the day.
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Then, the joint briefing ends and Aftenbladet will have a one-on-one interview with Helle Schøyen and the head of infection control, Lars Kåre Kleppe. We follow this.
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The employee was at work Thursday and Friday and had symptoms on Saturday.
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Schøyen: – The employee is well in accordance with the conditions and is isolated at home.
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SUS will not comment on the employee’s position here, except to say that it is the intensive care unit.
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– We have not completely emptied the intensive care unit. There are patients where it is not so urgent that they are redirected to Haugesund or Bergen. We don’t send anyone from the department.
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– This gives us the opportunity to be closer to the situation. We continually assess how emergency preparedness should be.
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– What does yellow preparation mean?
– We have increased awareness of the situation and established emergency preparedness.
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Schøyen: – We don’t know how the employee got infected. We are in permanent dialogue with the infected.
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Now it opens for questions.
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People should not come here if they have symptoms.
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Anyone who wants to visit it must think if they really need it.
