COVID-19 Outbreak declared on 5 Complex Care
St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, in collaboration with Public Health has declared an outbreak of COVID-19 on 5 Complex Care unit at the Charlton Campus after 2 patients tested positive for the virus.
The patients who tested positive are in precautions. All Infection Prevention & Control outbreak measures are being put in place. Contact tracing is taking place and all patients and staff within the unit are being tested for COVID-19. Admissions and transfers from this unit are on pause and will be reassessed daily.
St. Joe’s Infection Prevention & Control and Occupational Health & Safety teams are monitoring the situation closely.