Dashboard — July 14, 2020
Governor Newsom’s latest announcement
Yesterday, Governor Newsom announced additional closures across Southern California in response to surging COVID infections and to reduce transmission. One of those actions was to close non-critical office spaces. Our leadership is reactivating the plans that were put together in March in regard to remote work and your direct supervisor will be able to communicate with you what this means for your area.
Continuous COVID-19 preparations
Our physician and hospital leadership are meeting daily to assess our volumes and appropriately manage the situation of surging cases of COVID-19. We have a carefully constructed multi-staged surge plan that focuses on care for COVID-19 patients, non-COVID-19 patients, staffing levels, and staff and patient safety.
We are currently on stage 3 for acute care and stage 2 for ICU. As COVID-19 cases increase, the hospital will transition from one stage to the next to best manage the increase of patients. Units will be converted for COVID-19-positive patient care as necessary while non-COVID-19 patients will be moved to other areas to cohort safely. Plans are also being made for an alternate care site should patient surge rates increase to the point that traditional acute care space is exhausted.
Please continue to refer to LLUH News email communication and the Coronavirus page for the latest information.
Guidance for transporting patients with COVID-19 or under investigation
Please review Enhanced Precautions Guidance for Transporting Patients with or under investigation for Covid-19 for the new process.
How to handle post-mortem care for a suspect/positive COVID-19 patient
Please refer to our Clinical Resources page to ensure you understand the proper procedure.
